DrCyril Conducts a Simple Random Sample of 500 Men Who

question 37

Multiple Choice

Dr.Cyril conducts a simple random sample of 500 men who became fathers for the first time in the last year.He finds that 23% of them report being unsure of their ability to be good fathers,plus or minus 4%.What does this mean?

• A)The true percentage of fathers who feel this way is 23%.
• B)If this study was done many times,the estimate of father uncertainty would be 23% about 4% of the time.
• C)We can be 4% sure that the estimate of father uncertainty would be 23% of fathers.
• D)If the study was done many times,the estimate of father uncertainty would be between 19% and 27%.

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