An example of a confidence interval is ________.

A) A Wall Street Journal poll reports that 45% - 48% of farmers produce grains
B) A New York Times survey states that more than 65% of American families own their own homes
C) A Gallup poll reports that 56% ± 3% of voters support candidate A
D) An editorial in Smart Money magazine states that the President is confident he will be re-elected

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Caroline Horan · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  A confidence interval is a range of values that is likely to contain the true population parameter with a certain degree of confidence. Option C states that the Gallup poll reports 56% ± 3% of voters support candidate A, which means that the true proportion of voters supporting candidate A is likely to be between 53% and 59% with 95% confidence. Options A, B, and D do not provide a range of values or a confidence level.

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