A Sample Is Taken and a Confidence Interval Is Constructed $\bar { x }$

question 77

Multiple Choice

A sample is taken and a confidence interval is constructed for the mean of the distribution. At the center of the interval is always which value?

• A)The sample mean \(\bar { x }\)
• B)The population mean ?
• C)Neither \(\bar { x }\) nor ? since with a sample anything can happen
• D)Both \(\bar { x }\)

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