document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=335779>Question 335779</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> After a sample of numbers is taken from a population, the 95% confidence interval is calculated out at {10.5, 12.0}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the correct way to interpret this confidence interval?  Choose one.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A)	95% of all values in the population are between 10.5 and 12.0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)	The true population mean has to be between 10.5 and 12.0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C)	There is a 95% probability that the true population parameter is between 10.5 and 12.0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D)	The mean is between 10.5 and 12.0, and the standard deviation is 95.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #240828 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jrfrunner><B>jrfrunner(365)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jrfrunner><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=jrfrunner><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=240828\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you dont state what the 95% confidence interval is for, but lets assume its for the true population parameter (usually the mean, but you dont say).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Once the interval is computed, the true population parameter is either in the interval or its not.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since we dont know the true population parameter all we can say is that the methodology of computing the confidence interval over and over will result in 95% of the intervals containing the true population parameter.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The only answer that comes \"close\" to being right is C) </SPAN>\n" );
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