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Which of the following statement(s) about confidence intervals are correct?
1) There is no relationship between sample size and confidence interval's width
2) the smaller the sample size, the wider the confidence interval.
3) The higher the confidence level, The narrower the confidence interval.
4) The higher the confidence level, The wider the confidence interval.
5) The larger the sample size, The wider the confidence interval.
6) There is no relationship between confidence level and confidence interval's width.
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