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Which confidence level would produce the widest interval when estimating the mean of a population from the mean and standard deviation of a sample of that population?A.26%B.54%C.11%D.38%

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Which confidence level would produce the widest interval when estimating the mean of a population from the mean and standard deviation of a sample of that population?A.26%B.54%C.11%D.38%

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The confidence level that would produce the widest interval when estimating the mean of a population from the mean and standard deviation of a sample of that population would be the one with the highest percentage. This is because a higher confidence level means that we are more certain that the population parameter lies within our confidence interval, but this increased certainty comes at the cost of a wider interval. Therefore, the answer is B. 54%.

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