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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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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