A Sample Is Taken and a Confidence Interval Is Constructed

question 96

Multiple Choice

A sample is taken and a confidence interval is constructed for the mean of the distribution.Which value is always found at the center of the interval?

• A)The sample mean
• B)The population mean μ
• C)Neither nor μ since with a sample anything can happen
• D)Both and μ as long as there are not too many outliers

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