ATV report conducted a survey of 954 people in Washington State and found that 43% of the population believe that Mount Saint Helens will have a repeat erruption this year. In the accompanying dialogue, the reporter states, we are 93% confident that the true proportion of people in Washington State who believe that Mount Saint Helens will have a repeat erruption this year lies between 35% and 51% . What does 8% represent in the report? O A. a parameter O B. a statistic O C. a confidence level D. a margin of error E. a confidence interval

ATV report conducted a survey of 954 people in Washington State and found that 43% of the population believe that Mount Saint Helens will have a repeat erruption this year. In the accompanying dialogue, the reporter states, we are 93% confident that the true proportion of people in Washington State who believe that Mount Saint Helens will have a repeat erruption this year lies between 35% and 51% . What does 8% represent in the report? O A. a parameter O B. a statistic O C. a confidence level D. a margin of error E. a confidence interval

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