Typically, the mean is the center and the interval extends a fixed number of standard-errors-of-the mean in wither direction. M+/- 1 SEM for example. I guess because you don't know, I should give you the simplest.
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The parameters of the underlying distribution, plus the standard error of observation.
Why confidence interval is useful
You probably mean the confidence interval. When you construct a confidence interval it has a percentage coverage that is based on assumptions about the population distribution. If the population distribution is skewed there is reason to believe that (a) the statistics upon which the interval are based (namely the mean and standard deviation) might well be biased, and (b) the confidence interval will not accurately cover the population value as accurately or symmetrically as expected.
The confidence interval becomes smaller.
no,these are not the same thing.The values at each end of the interval are called the confidence limits.