When a Confidence Interval for a Population Mean Is Constructed

question 85

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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