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Confidence intervals of the form are designed to estimate the
(a) sample mean.
(b) sample standard deviation.
(c) population mean.
(d) population standard deviation.
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(c) population mean.

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(c) population mean.
can u explain ?
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I think it's Sample mean... Did you find the answer yet?!
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can u explain ?
its basically cos u are finding the mean in ur test sample population..
and then using the CI to apply that data to the Population and predicting a mean value..

(for better explanation check kaplan biostats)
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