If we want to establish a 99% confidence interval for the population mean, then our interval would fail to capture μ _____ percent of the time.
A) 1
B) 10
C) 100
D) .5

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A 99% confidence interval means that in repeated sampling, 99% of the intervals will capture the true population mean and 1% of the intervals will not. Therefore, the answer is A) 1.

If We Want to Establish a 99% Confidence Interval for the Population