We sampled 100 men and 100 women and asked: "Do you think the environment is a major concern?" Of those sampled, 67 women and 53 men responded that they believed it is. For the confidence interval procedure to work properly, what additional assumptions must be satisfied?
A) Both samples were randomly and independently selected from their respective populations.
B) The population variances are equal.
C) Both populations have approximate normal distributions.
D) All of the above are necessary.

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The confidence interval procedure requires that the samples are randomly and independently selected to ensure that the results are representative and unbiased. The other assumptions (equal variances and normal distributions) are not necessary for the confidence interval of proportions.

We Sampled 100 Men and 100 Women and Asked: "Do