The Wall Street Journal Recently Ran an Article Indicating Differences

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The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article indicating differences in perception of sexual harassment on the job between men and women.The article claimed that women perceived the problem to be much more prevalent than did men.One question asked to both men and women was: "Do you think sexual harassment is a major problem in the American workplace?" Some 24% of the men compared to 62% of the women responded "Yes." Suppose that 150 women and 200 men were interviewed.Construct a 90% confidence interval estimate of the difference between the proportion of women and men who think sexual harassment is a major problem in the American workplace.

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Definitions:

Contradictory

Qualities, statements, or propositions that are in direct opposition to each other, such that if one is true, the other must be false.

Proposition

A statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion, which can be analyzed as true or false.

Subalternate

In logic, a term referring to the relationship between a universal statement and its corresponding particular statement.

Disarmed

To remove weapons from a person, place, or military force, thereby reducing their capacity for violence or aggression.