Assignment: Research Methods Paper
Using your textbook, research, and your study notes, answer the following questions that deal with confidence interval construction and explain the content in detail, including calculations.
o Provide an explanation of the confidence interval and confidence level.
o Determine in what situations you can use the z statistic to construct a confidence interval for the mean of a population.
o Verify what test statistic is used for constructing a confidence interval on the population's proportion.
o Describe why and when t statistic is used in constructing a confidence interval for the mean of a population.
o Read the case study "Pointsec Mobile Technology" on page 439 of Zikmund et al. (9th ed.) textbook (Chapter 17) and provide detailed answers to the questions asked.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.