Suppose that we want to estimate the difference in the proportion of all men and women that favor a homeless shelter opening up in their community.We should use a confidence interval for a difference between two population means to create our estimate.

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The correct approach is to use a confidence interval for a difference between two population proportions, not means, since the data is categorical (favor or not favor) rather than numerical.

Suppose That We Want to Estimate the Difference in the Proportion