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Assume that in a hypothesis test with null hypothesis = 13.0 at 0.05, that a value of 11.0 for the sample mean results in the null hypothesis not being rejected. That corresponds to a confidence interval result of

A. The 95% confidence interval for the mean does not contain the value 13.0
B. The 95% confidence interval for the mean contains the value 11.0
C. There is insufficient information to conclude whether the 95% confidence interval for the mean contains or does not contain the value 13.0
D. The 95% confidence interval for the mean contains the value 13.0

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