An article published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology presented a method for estimating the body fat percentage of North American porcupines; the method was illustrated with a sample of porcupines. Based on this sample, a 95% bootstrap confidence interval for the average body fat percentage of porcupines is 17.4% to 25.8%. Which of the following null hypotheses would be rejected based on this confidence interval?
A) 19.1%
B) 31.0%
C) 20.6 %
D) 24.7 %

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An article published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology presented a method for estimating the body fat percentage of North American porcupines; the method was illustrated with a sample of  porcupines. Based on this sample, a 95% bootstrap confidence interval for the average body fat percentage of porcupines is 17.4% to 25.8%. Which of the following null hypotheses would be rejected based on this confidence interval?
A) 19.1% 
B) 31.0% 
C) 20.6 % 
D) 24.7 %

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The Answer of An article published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology presented a method for estimating the body fat percentage of North American porcupines; the method was illustrated with a sample of  porcupines. Based on this sample, a 95% bootstrap confidence interval for the average body fat percentage of porcupines is 17.4% to 25.8%. Which of the following null hypotheses would be rejected based on this confidence interval?
A) 19.1% 
B) 31.0% 
C) 20.6 % 
D) 24.7 %

An Article Published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology Presented