Why might the confidence interval for a proportion be skewed?
- Because of a large sample size
- Because of a small sample size
- Because the proportion is around 0.5
- Because the proportion is close to 0 or 1
A confidence interval for a proportion might be skewed when the proportion is very close to 0 or 1. In these cases, the distribution of sample proportions is not symmetrical, leading to skewed intervals.
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