Which is more informative: confidence intervals or significance tests?
A) Significance tests, because they use a P-value.
B) Significance tests, because they compare two hypotheses.
C) Confidence intervals, because they estimate the population parameter.
D) Confidence intervals, because they use sample information.
E) Significance tests, because they use a P-value, and they compare two hypotheses.

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Confidence intervals provide a range of plausible values for the population parameter, which is often more informative than just knowing if the null hypothesis is rejected or not (as in significance tests). Confidence intervals also use sample information, making them more relevant to the specific data being analyzed.

Which Is More Informative: Confidence Intervals or Significance Tests