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A mother wants to predict the height of her full-grown son on the basis of his height at the age of 8 years. Should she use a prediction interval or a confidence interval? Why?
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A confidence interval is used when we want to estimate a population parameter, such as the mean or the proportion. On the other hand, a prediction interval is used when we want to predict a single future observation. Show more…
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