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Transcribed Image Text:In studying his campaign plans, Mr. Singleton wishes to estimate the difference between men's and women's views regarding his appeal as a candidate. He asks his
campaign manager to take two random independent samples and find the 98 % confidence interval for the difference. A random sample of 537 male voters and 613
female voters was taken. 303 men and 193 women favored Mr. Singleton as a candidate. Find this confidence interval.
Step 3 of 4: Find the value of the standard error. Round your answer to three decimal places.
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