Question

A random sample of 50 students at a large high school resulted in a 95 percent confidence interval for the mean number of hours of sleep per day of (6.73, 7.67). Which of the following statements best summarizes the meaning of this confidence interval?
A . About 95% of all random samples of 50 students from this population would result in a 95% confidence interval that covered the population mean number of hours of sleep per day.
B. 95% of the students in the survey reported sleeping between 6.73 and 7.67 hours per day.
C. 95% of the students in this high school sleep between 6.73 and 7.67 hours per day.
D. A student selected at random from this population sleeps between 6.73 and 7.67 hours per day for 95% of the time.

Answer 1

Answer:

A . About 95% of all random samples of 50 students from this population would result in a 95% confidence interval that covered the population mean number of hours of sleep per day.

Step-by-step explanation:

x% confidence interval:

A confidence interval is built from a sample, has bounds a and b, and has a confidence level of x%. It means that we are x% confident that the population mean is between a and b.

In this question:

95% CI from a sample of 50 students is (6.73, 7.67).

This means that we are 95% sure that the population mean is in this interval, that is, about 95% samples of 50 would contain the population mean, which is given by option A.