document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1105215>Question 1105215</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A 95% confidence interval for the true mean cholesterol of adult males based on 25 randomly selected subjects extends from 175 mg/L to 250 mg/L. A proper interpretation of the confidence interval would be that:     </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #719955 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=719955\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We are highly confident that the true mean cholesterol is somewhere between 175 and 250 mg/L.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is a specific number for the parameter, but we don't know what it is.  Our result is either right or wrong, and we don't know which. Since right or wrong is a 0,100% proposition, we are highly confident that the true value, which is unknown and unknowable, lies in the stated interval.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we constructed 100 similar intervals with different samples of 25 men, 95 of them would contain the parameter.  We just don't know which 95 it would be.   </SPAN>\n" );
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