Instruction 8-16
The Registrar of a university would like to estimate the proportion of the student population who owns a personal computer. In a sample of 500 students, 417 own a personal computer.
-Referring to Instruction 8-16,a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of student population who own a personal computer is narrower than a 99% confidence interval.

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This statement is true. A 95% confidence interval is narrower than a 99% confidence interval because it requires a smaller margin of error, meaning that the interval is more precise.

Instruction 8-16 the Registrar of a University Would Like to Estimate the Estimate