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?" 24% of the men compared to 62% of the women responded "Yes." Suppose that 150 women and 200 men were interviewed. Construct a 99% 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:

External Attribution

The process of attributing the cause of one's own or another's behavior to factors outside the individual, such as the situation or environment.

Just World

The belief that the world is fundamentally fair and that justice prevails, leading individuals to rationalize injustices or victimization.

Actor-Observer Effect

A cognitive bias in which people tend to attribute their own actions to external circumstances but the actions of others to inherent traits.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overestimate the effect of personality or disposition and underestimate the influence of situational factors when explaining others' behaviors.