A 99% Confidence Interval Estimate Can Be Interpreted to Mean

question 145

Multiple Choice

A 99% confidence interval estimate can be interpreted to mean that

• A) if all possible samples are taken and confidence interval estimates are developed, 99% of them would include the true population mean somewhere within their interval.
• B) we have 99% confidence that we have selected a sample whose interval does include the population mean.
• C) Both of the above.
• D) None of the above.

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