A 99% Confidence Interval Estimate Can Be Interpreted to Mean

question 114

Multiple Choice

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

• A)if all possible samples of size n 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 above.
• D)None of the above.

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Definitions:

Proactive Inhibition

The decrease in the ability to learn new information because previously learned information interferes with the new learning.

Retroactive Inhibition

The phenomenon where newer information interferes with the ability to recall older information.

Interference

A phenomenon where one's ability to learn or recall information is hindered by either the presence or the processing of other information.

Episodic Memory

A subtype of long-term memory that involves the recollection of specific events, situations, and experiences from one's past.