A graduate student wanted to estimate the average time spent studying among graduate students at her school. She randomly sampled graduate students from her school and obtained a​ 99% confidence interval of​ (17.3,22.5) hours/week. In the context of the​ problem, which of the following interpretations is​ correct?

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A graduate student wanted to estimate the average time spent studying among graduate students at her school. She randomly sampled graduate students from her school and obtained a​ 99% confidence interval of​ (17.3,22.5) hours/week. In the context of the​ problem, which of the following interpretations is​ correct?
 
 
 
Choose the correct answer below.
 
 
A.
Approximately​ 99% of all random samples of graduate students from this school will give a mean number of hours studied per week between 17.3 and 22.5.
 
B.
We are​ 99% sure that the average amount of time spent studying among graduate students at this​ student's school is between 17.3 and 22.5 hours per week.
 
C.
At this​ student's school​ 99% of all graduate students study between 17.3 and 22.5 hours per​ week, on average.
 
D.
Graduate students at this​ student's school study between 17.3 and 22.5 hours per week​ 99% of all weeks during the year.
 
E.
There is a​ 99% chance that the average amount of time spent studying for all graduate students at this​ student's school is between 17.3 and 22.5 hours per week.
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