When a Confidence Interval for a Population Mean Is Constructed

question 22

Multiple Choice

When a confidence interval for a population mean is constructed from sample data,________.

• A)we can conclude that the population mean is in the interval
• B)we can conclude that the population mean is not in the interval
• C)we can conclude,for an infinite number of samples and corresponding confidence intervals,that the population mean is in a stated percentage of the intervals
• D)we cannot make any inferences

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