A poll checking on the level of public support for a tax increase reported that 19% of the respondents were in favour.The pollsters reported a sampling error of ±5%.When the responses were broken down by gender,support was 3% higher among women than men.The pollsters said the margin of error for this difference was ±6%.Why is the margin of error larger for the difference in support between the genders than for the overall level of support?

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A Poll Checking on the Level of Public Support for a Tax