A correctly conducted survey indicates, with 90% confidence,that the percentage

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A correctly conducted survey indicates, with 90% confidence,that the percentage of U.S. adults on a low calorie diet is between26% and 34%, although with the success of The Biggest Loser you'dthink it would be more. Which of the following statements is acorrect interpretation of the confidence interval? A) There is a 90% probability that the true percentage of U.S.adults-on a low calorie diet is between 26 and 34. B) 90% of U.S. adults are on a low calorie diet between 26 and34 percent of the time. C) 30% of U.S. adults are on a low a calorie diet 90% of thetime, but 10% of the time the percentage is 4% more or less. D) 90% of the samples that could be taken for this survey willproduce an interval that contains the true percentage of U.S.adults on a low calorie diet. For this particular sample, theinterval is 26 to 34. E) We are between 26 and 34 percent confident that 90% of U.S.adults are on a low calorie diet. A correctly conducted survey indicates, with 90% confidence,that the percentage of U.S. adults on a low calorie diet is between26% and 34%, although with the success of The Biggest Loser you'dthink it would be more. Which of the following statements is acorrect interpretation of the confidence interval? A) There is a 90% probability that the true percentage of U.S.adults-on a low calorie diet is between 26 and 34. B) 90% of U.S. adults are on a low calorie diet between 26 and34 percent of the time. C) 30% of U.S. adults are on a low a calorie diet 90% of thetime, but 10% of the time the percentage is 4% more or less. D) 90% of the samples that could be taken for this survey willproduce an interval that contains the true percentage of U.S.adults on a low calorie diet. For this particular sample, theinterval is 26 to 34. E) We are between 26 and 34 percent confident that 90% of U.S.adults are on a low calorie diet.

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A) There is a 90% probability that the true percentage of U.S.adults-on a low calorie diet is between 26 and 34

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