Previous studies have reported that elite athletes are often deficient in their nutritional intake (for example, total calories, carbohydrates, protein), a group of researchers decided to evaluate canadian high-performance athletes. a total of n = 50 male athletes from eight canadian sport centers were surveyed. the average caloric intake was 3077.0 kilocalories/day with a sample standard deviation of 987.0. the recommended amount is 3421.7. construct a 95% confidence interval. use interval notation and round to two decimal places, (.xx, .xx).