A confidence interval was used to estimate the proportion of statistics students who are female. A random sample of 72 statistics students generated the following 99% confidence interval:
(.438, .642). State the level of reliability used to create the confidence interval.
A)between 43.8% and 64.2%
B)99%
C)72%
D)64.2%

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The level of reliability refers to the confidence level used to create the confidence interval, which in this case is 99%.

A Confidence Interval Was Used to Estimate the Proportion of Statistics