A 99% confidence interval will always lead to the same conclusion as a significance test using a significance level of = .

A two-sided significance test at level α corresponds to a confidence interval with confidence level 1 − α. For a 99% confidence interval, α = 1 − 0.99 = 0.01, so the matching significance level is 0.01. Therefore, choice A is correct.

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