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A High School Coach Uses a New Technique in Training 95%95 \%

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A high school coach uses a new technique in training middle distance runners. He records the times for 4 different athletes to run 800 meters before and after this training. A 95%95 \% confidence interval for the difference of the means before and after the training, μBμA\mu _ { B } - \mu _ { A } , was determined to be (2.6,4.3) ( 2.6,4.3 ) .


A) We are 95%95 \% confident that a randomly selected middle distance runner at this high school will have a time for the 800 -meter run that is between 2.62.6 and 4.34.3 seconds shorter after the training than before the training.
B) We know that 95%95 \% of the middle distance runners shortened their times between 2.62.6 and 4.34.3 seconds after the training.
C) Based on this sample, with 95%95 \% confidence, the average time for the 800 -meter run for middle distance runners at this high school is between 2.62.6 and 4.34.3 seconds longer after the new training.
D) Based on this sample, with 95%95 \% confidence, the average time for the 800 -meter run for middle distance runners at this high school is between 2.62.6 and 4.34.3 seconds shorter after the new training.
E) We know that 95%95 \% of all random samples done on runners at this high school will show that the mean time difference before and after the training is between 2.62.6 and 4.34.3 seconds.

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