MATH 225N Week 6 Discussion: Confidence Interval{GRADED A}

Initial Post Instructions Thinking of the many variables tracked by hospitals and doctors’ offices, confidence intervals could … created for population parameters (such as means or proportions) that were calculated from many of them. Choose a topic of study that is tracked (or you would like to see tracked) from your place of work. Discuss the variable and parameter (mean or proportion) you chose, and explain why you would these to create an interval that captures the true value of the parameter of patients with 95% confidence. Consider the following: How would changing the confidence interval to 90% or 99% affect the study? Which of these values (90%, 95%, or 99%) would best suit confidence level according to type of study chosen? How might the study findings … presented to those in charge in an attempt to affect change at the workplace?