Justifying a Claim About the Difference of Two Proportions

AP Statistics· difficulty 3/5

A 95% CI for p_A − p_B is (0.05, 0.20).

0 0.05 0.20

What can we conclude?

  • A

    p_A and p_B differ by exactly 0.125.

  • B

    No difference between groups.

  • C

    Convincing evidence p_A < p_B.

  • D

    Convincing evidence p_A > p_B (since 0 is not in the CI).

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Explanation

Both endpoints positive and 0 excluded, so we have evidence p_A > p_B.

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