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Remarks on the confidence interval<br />

Size <strong>of</strong> the confidence interval: 2c α σ/ √ n.<br />

The smaller α, the more confident we are in the result:<br />

P( µ belongs to CI ) ≈ 1 − α.<br />

But, if we reduce α (without changing n), c α increases:<br />

◮ α = 10% gives cα = 1.64,<br />

◮ α = 5% gives cα = 1.96,<br />

◮ α = 1% gives cα = 2.58.<br />

The other way to have a better confidence interval is to increase n.<br />

The 1/ √ n factor says that to reduce the width <strong>of</strong> the confidence<br />

interval by 2, we need 4 times more replications.<br />

G. Rubino (INRIA) <strong>Monte</strong> Carlo DEPEND 2010 11 / 72

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