Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Review - Review Exercises - Page 471: 13c

Answer

Yes. No, it is not likely.

Work Step by Step

A level of confidence of 95% means that for each 100 confidence intervals constructed, about 5 will not contain the population mean. So, if the population mean is less than 198 kilojoules, the confidence interval obtained in item (b) is one of the 5% that does not contain the population mean. But, this is not likely to occur.
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