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If the sample size $n$ is doubled, by how much is the length of the CI on $\mu$ in Equation $8-5$ reduced? What happens to the length of the interval if the sample size is increased by a factor of four?
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When we double the sample size, the new length of the confidence interval is $L_2 = L_1/\sqrt{2}$. Show more…
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