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question 37

Multiple Choice

A polling agency wants to estimate the proportion of U.S. citizens who support the president's domestic policies. They surveyed 2500 U.S. citizens and found a 95% confidence interval for the difference in proportions between men and women who support the president's domestic policies as (-0.025 to 0.050) where population 1 is men and population 2 is women. Select the correct interpretation of this result.

• A)The interval contains zero which shows that women are more likely than men to disagree with the president's foreign policies.
• B)The interval contains zero which shows that men are more likely than women to disagree with the president's foreign policies.
• C)The interval does not contain zero which shows that there is no significant difference in the proportions between men and women.
• D)The interval contains zero which shows that there is no significant difference in the proportions between men and women.

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