Smoking Survey National statistics show that 23% of men smoke and 18.5% of women do. A

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Smoking Survey National statistics show that 23% of men smoke and 18.5% of women do. A random sample of 180 men indicated that 50 were smokers, and of 150 women surveyed, 39 indicated that they smoked. Construct a 98% confidence interval for the true difference in proportions of male and female smokers. Comment on your intervaldoes it support the claim that there is a difference?

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Smoking Survey National statistics show that 23% of men smoke and 18.5% of women do. A random sample of 180 men indicated that 50 were smokers, and of 150 women surveyed, 39 indicated that they smoked. Construct a 98% confidence interval for the true difference in proportions of male and female smokers. Comment on your intervaldoes it support the claim that there is a difference?

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The 98% confidence interval would be (0.0389, 0.0921). This confidence interval does suggest ther

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