A confidence interval is:

a. the lower and upper boundaries of the confidence interval.
b. the margin of error around the point estimate that consists of a range of values into which the population value falls.
c. single values used to estimate an unknown population parameter.
d. range of values for a variable that has a stated probability of containing an unknown population mean.


b.the margin of error around the point estimate that consists of a range of values into which the population value falls.

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