The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 18 - Inference in Practice - Check Your Skills - Page 434: 18.22

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There is probably a nonresponse effect from the half or more of the original sample that don't respond. A confidence interval does not account for this, as it only accounts for the random variation due to sampling errors. It has to be accounted for in addition to the confidence interval.

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There is probably a nonresponse effect from the half or more of the original sample that don't respond. A confidence interval does not account for this, as it only accounts for the random variation due to sampling errors. It has to be accounted for in addition to the confidence interval.
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