candidate A. The interval is (.4852, .6148). What conclusions can the newspaper draw from this? Group of answer choices The newspaper cannot be 95% confident that candidate A will win because .5 is contained in the interval The newspaper cannot be 95% confident that candidate A will win because we don’t know how many people were sampled. The newspaper can be 95% confident that candidate A will win because most of the interval is above .5 The newspaper can be 95% confident that candidate A will win

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39. A newspaper is interested in who is going to win an upcoming mayoral election, so they survey the local population and construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of the town who will vote for candidate A. The interval is (.4852, .6148). What conclusions can the newspaper draw from this?

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The newspaper cannot be 95% confident that candidate A will win because .5 is contained in the interval
The newspaper cannot be 95% confident that candidate A will win because we don’t know how many people were sampled.
The newspaper can be 95% confident that candidate A will win because most of the interval is above .5
The newspaper can be 95% confident that candidate A will win because the interval does not include 0.
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