Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Vocabulary and Skill Building - Page 436: 5

Answer

Increases.

Work Step by Step

$E=z_{\frac{α}{2}}\sqrt {\frac{p ̂(1-p ̂)}{n}}$ In order to increase the level of confidence of a confidence interval, we need to increase $z_{\frac{α}{2}}$ because, as $z_{\frac{α}{2}}$ increases, the area under the standard normal curve increases too. And, according to the formula above, as the $z_{\frac{α}{2}}$ increases, the margin of error increases too.
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