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"A higher confidence level may or may not lead to a wider confidence interval."

Briefly state how you would determine what confidence level (e.g. 90%, 95% or 99%) suits your purpose. You may use a suitable example to explain your ideas.

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This solution discusses how to determine confidence levels based on the type of study that an individual is intending to perform.

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Hello,

The confidence level is essentially how 'sure' we are of the data - that the sample we selected actually mimics the true characteristics of the general population.

The more sure we are, the less chance we can say that the results were due to chance. If we want to be more confident that the true mean of our sample mimics the population, then we have to make our ...

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