Jonathan Kent tests a new type of chicken feed on 9 chickens. Their average weight is 64.38 ounces, with a standard deviation of 2.065 ounces. He finds a 95% confidence interval for the mean weight of all chickens which could be given the new feed is (62.79, 65.97) ounces.

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Jonathan Kent tests a new type of chicken feed on 9 chickens. Their average weight is 64.38 ounces, with a standard deviation of 2.065 ounces. He finds a 95% confidence interval for the mean weight of all chickens which could be given the new feed is (62.79, 65.97) ounces.

Which of the following is a correct interpretation of the confidence interval?

95% of chickens would show mean weight between 62.79 and 65.97 ounces.
 
Either the mean chicken weight is between 62.79 and 65.97 ounces, or else our sample is among the 5% most unusual that could have been obtained.    
 
95% of all chicken weights average between 62.79 and 65.97 ounces.
Chicken weights are between 62.79 and 65.97 ounces 95% of the time.
 
95% of the chickens sampled had weights between 62.79 and 65.97 ounces.
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