Hold the confidence level and interval method fixed before tracing the changed factor. Increasing random sample size reduces sample-to-sample variability and therefore the standard error; with the critical-value factor unchanged, the margin of error shrinks as well. More variability or a higher confidence requirement would instead tend to widen the margin, all else equal.
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