Find an example of a confidence interval in the news, scholarly source or medical journal. Explain what the confidence interval means in context of the news article or scholarly source.

Assignment

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

https://openstax.org/details/books/statistics

Textbook: Chapter 8
Lesson
Minimum of 1 scholarly source
In your reference for this assignment, be sure to include both your text/class materials AND your outside reading(s).

Find an example of a confidence interval in the news, scholarly source or medical journal. Summarize the article/study.

Does the article/study include the sample size and the level of confidence used to create the confidence interval?

Explain what the confidence interval means in context of the news article or scholarly source.

Follow-Up Post Instructions

Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.

How do you think the confidence interval that was presented in the study was calculated?

Explain the mathematical concepts could you extract from this article/study.

Find an example of a confidence interval in the news, scholarly source or medical journal. Explain what the confidence interval means in context of the news article or scholarly source.
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