SOLUTION: A student reads that a 95% confidence interval for the mean body mass index (BMI) of young American women is 26.8 � 0.6. Asked to explain the meaning of this interval, the student

Question 866625: A student reads that a 95% confidence interval for the mean body mass index (BMI) of young American women is 26.8 � 0.6. Asked to explain the meaning of this interval, the student says, "95% of all young women have BMI between 26.2 and 27.4".
True or false:
The inference stated by the student about the 95% confidence interval is correct.
True
False

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a very common fallacy and incorrect way to think about what the 95% confidence interval means. So the statement "The inference stated by the student about the 95% confidence interval is correct. " is false
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