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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

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A New York Times Poll on women’s issues interviewed 1025 randomly selected women and 472 randomly selected men from the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
The poll found that 47% of the women said they do not get enough time for themselves and announced a margin of error of ±3 percentage points for 95% confidence in its conclusions. The confidence statement, in relation to the given scenario, is: “We are 95% confident that between 44% and 50% of all women would say that they do not get enough time for themselves.”

Which of the following statements correctly explains the meaning of the term ‘95% confidence’, in the confidence statement?

The interval 44% to 50% is based on a procedure that includes a sample representing 95% of population.

The interval 44% to 50% is based on a procedure that includes the true population value 95% of the time.

The interval 44% to 50% is based on a procedure that produces a margin of error (of ±3) 95% of the time.

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