Given a 95 percent confidence interval of 10 to 20, your interpretation should be that
A) 10 to 20 has a 95 percent chance of containing µ
B) µ has a 95 percent probability of being between 10 and 20
C) 95 percent of the µ's will be between 10 and 20
D) all of the other alternatives are correct.

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A 95 percent confidence interval of 10 to 20 means that we are 95 percent confident that the true population mean (µ) falls within the interval of 10 to 20. This does not imply a probability statement about µ itself or suggest that a certain percentage of µ's will fall within this range.

Given a 95 Percent Confidence Interval of 10 to 20