What happens to the width of a confidence interval as we increase confidence level, i.e as we increase the confidence from 90% to 95%? The width decreases The width increases The width is not affected by the confidence level The standard deviation increases

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Q: How to find standar deviation and an example

A: The formula for standard deviation can be defined as:

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