When the population mean falls in our confidence interval, we conclude that the sample:
A) comes from a different population.
B) comes from the same population.
C) is not representative of the population.
D) was obtained in error.

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If the population mean falls in our confidence interval, it means that the sample is likely to have come from the same population as the population we are studying. This is because the confidence interval gives us a range of values that we can be reasonably certain contains the population mean. Therefore, we can conclude that the sample is representative of the population.

When the Population Mean Falls in Our Confidence Interval, We