If a researcher runs the same study 20 times, the researcher would expect to find a mean in (or at) the _____ 95 percent of the time, with a p value of 0.05.
A) outliers of the distribution
B) exact same point
C) point estimate
D) confidence interval

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A confidence interval is a range of values that is likely to contain the true population parameter with a certain level of confidence. In this case, the researcher would expect to find the mean in (or at) the 95 percent confidence interval 95 percent of the time, with a p value of 0.05. This means that if the study were run 20 times, the mean of the sample would fall within the confidence interval 19 out of 20 times.

If a Researcher Runs the Same Study 20 Times, the Researcher