A 99% confidence interval for the percentage of people in a town who have a college degree is constructed based on a simple random sample of people in the town, and it goes from 65% to 71%. Which of the following statements are correct conclusions based on this result? Check all that apply. There is a 99% chance that a confidence interval constructed this way from a simple random sample contains the true percentage of people with a college degree in the town. There's a 99% chance the percentage of people with a college degree in the town is somewhere between 65% and 71%. All the values between 65% and 71% are reasonable estimates of the percentage of people with college degree in the town. The sample percentage was 68. Between 65% and 71% of people in the town have a college degree.

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A 99% confidence interval for the percentage of people in a town who have a college degree is
constructed based on a simple random sample of people in the town, and it goes from 65% to 71%.
Which of the following statements are correct conclusions based on this result? Check all that apply.
There is a 99% chance that a confidence interval constructed this way from a simple random sample contains
the true percentage of people with a college degree in the town.
There's a 99% chance the percentage of people with a college degree in the town is somewhere between 65%
and 71%.
All the values between 65% and 71% are reasonable estimates of the percentage of people with college
degree in the town.
The sample percentage was 68.
Between 65% and 71% of people in the town have a college degree.
Transcribed Image Text:A 99% confidence interval for the percentage of people in a town who have a college degree is constructed based on a simple random sample of people in the town, and it goes from 65% to 71%. Which of the following statements are correct conclusions based on this result? Check all that apply. There is a 99% chance that a confidence interval constructed this way from a simple random sample contains the true percentage of people with a college degree in the town. There's a 99% chance the percentage of people with a college degree in the town is somewhere between 65% and 71%. All the values between 65% and 71% are reasonable estimates of the percentage of people with college degree in the town. The sample percentage was 68. Between 65% and 71% of people in the town have a college degree.
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