l Interpretation of Confidence intervals Repeated samples of size n taken from the same population will generate(1-a)% of the time a sample statistic that falls within the stated confidence interval OR We can be(1-a)% confident that the population parameter falls within the stated confidence interval o 2002 The Wadsworth GroupInterpretation of Confidence Intervals • Repeated samples of size n taken from the same population will generate (1–a)% of the time a sample statistic that falls within the stated confidence interval. OR • We can be (1–a)% confident that the population parameter falls within the stated confidence interval. © 2002 The Wadsworth Group