Suppose an Analyst Analyzes Five Samples from a Brick of Cocaine

question 10

Multiple Choice

Suppose an analyst analyzes five samples from a brick of cocaine and reports the %purity using the 95% confidence interval as 50.75% 1.33%
This result is best interpreted as meaning that

• A) There is a 5% probability that the true value and the experimentally determined value are the same
• B) If the analysis is repeated under the same conditions, 95% of the time, the result will fall into this range
• C) There is a 95% probability that the true value is within this range
• D) The odds that the true value are in this range are one-in-20
• E) I am 95% confident that I do not know the answer

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