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Suppose the proportion of women who favor stricter gun control legislation is pwp _ { w } and the proportion of men who favor stricter gun control legislation is pmp _ { m } . The survey found a 90%90 \% confidence interval for pwpmp _ { w } - p _ { m } is (0.08,0.24) ( - 0.08,0.24 ) . Give an interpretation of this confidence interval.


A) We know that 90%90 \% of all random samples done on the population will show that the proportion of men who favor stricter gun control legislation is between 8%8 \% lower and 24%24 \% higher than the proportion of women who favor stricter gun control legislation.
B) We know that 90%90 \% of all random samples done on the population will show that the proportion of women who favor stricter gun control legislation is between 8%8 \% lower and 24%24 \% higher than the proportion of men who favor stricter gun control legislation.
C) We are 90%90 \% confident that the proportion of men who favor stricter gun control legislation is between 8%8 \% lower and 24%24 \% higher than the proportion of women who favor stricter gun control legislation.
D) We are 90%90 \% confident that women favor gun control legislation that is between 8%8 \% less strict and 24%24 \% more strict than legislation favored by men.
E) We are 90%90 \% confident that the proportion of women who favor stricter gun control legislation is between 8%8 \% lower and 24%24 \% higher than the proportion of men who favor stricter gun control legislation.

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