A student was asked to find a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of students who take notes using data from a random sample of size n = 89. Which of the following is a correct interpretation of the interval 0.1 < p < 0.2?Check all that are correct.There is a 95% chance that the proportion of notetakers in a sample of 89 students will be between 0.1 and 0.2.There is a 95% chance that the proportion of the population is between 0.1 and 0.2.With 95% confidence, the proportion of all students who take notes is between 0.1 and 0.2.With 95% confidence, a randomly selected student takes notes in a proportion of their classes that is between 0.1 and 0.2.The proprtion of all students who take notes is between 0.1 and 0.2, 95% of the time.
Question
A student was asked to find a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of students who take notes using data from a random sample of size n = 89. Which of the following is a correct interpretation of the interval 0.1 < p < 0.2?Check all that are correct.There is a 95% chance that the proportion of notetakers in a sample of 89 students will be between 0.1 and 0.2.There is a 95% chance that the proportion of the population is between 0.1 and 0.2.With 95% confidence, the proportion of all students who take notes is between 0.1 and 0.2.With 95% confidence, a randomly selected student takes notes in a proportion of their classes that is between 0.1 and 0.2.The proprtion of all students who take notes is between 0.1 and 0.2, 95% of the time.
Solution
Let's analyze each statement one by one to determine which interpretations are correct:
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There is a 95% chance that the proportion of notetakers in a sample of 89 students will be between 0.1 and 0.2.
- This statement is incorrect. The confidence interval refers to the population proportion, not the sample proportion. The sample proportion is already known from the data.
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There is a 95% chance that the proportion of the population is between 0.1 and 0.2.
- This statement is incorrect. The confidence interval does not imply a probability about the population proportion. Instead, it means that if we were to take many samples and construct a confidence interval from each sample, 95% of those intervals would contain the true population proportion.
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With 95% confidence, the proportion of all students who take notes is between 0.1 and 0.2.
- This statement is correct. It correctly interprets the confidence interval as an estimate of the population proportion with a specified level of confidence.
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With 95% confidence, a randomly selected student takes notes in a proportion of their classes that is between 0.1 and 0.2.
- This statement is incorrect. The confidence interval pertains to the proportion of the population, not to the behavior of an individual student.
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The proportion of all students who take notes is between 0.1 and 0.2, 95% of the time.
- This statement is incorrect. The confidence interval does not mean that the population proportion varies. Instead, it means that we are 95% confident that the true population proportion lies within the interval.
Therefore, the correct interpretation is:
- With 95% confidence, the proportion of all students who take notes is between 0.1 and 0.2.
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