Spin a spinner, flip a coin or roll a die and watch two sets of bars: the chances the shapes predict, and the results you actually got. Ten spins prove nothing; a few hundred and the two are hard to tell apart.
Confidence Interval Coverage
Math · Confidence Interval Coverage · Middle School and High SchoolAbout this simulation
Generate repeated confidence intervals for a normal population with known standard deviation. Count how often they contain the true mean.
What students can explore
- Predict how sample size and confidence level change interval width and long-run coverage.
- Generate repeated confidence intervals for a normal population with known standard deviation. Count how often they contain the true mean.
Learning objectives
- 1Predict how sample size and confidence level change interval width and long-run coverage.
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