28. Graduation The U.S. Department of Commerce reported the results of a large-scale survey on high school graduation. Researchers contacted more than 25,000 Americans aged 24 years to see if they had finished high school; 84.9% of the 12,460 males and 88.1% of the 12,678 females indicated that they had high school diplomas. a) Are the assumptions and conditions necessary for inference satisfied? Explain. b) Create a 95% confidence interval for the difference in gradu- ation rates between males and females. c) Interpret your confidence interval. d) Does this provide strong evidence that girls are more likely than boys to complete high school? Explain.

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