A Dean of a certain business school is interested in the difference in proportions of A's given by Professors I & II.  Suppose the dean has access to 800 grade reports from each professor.  It turns out that 240 students received A's from Professor I and 160 students received A's from Professor II. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the true differences in proportions of A's given by the two professors

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A Dean of a certain business school is interested in the difference in proportions of A's given by Professors I & II.  Suppose the dean has access to 800 grade reports from each professor.  It turns out that 240 students received A's from Professor I and 160 students received A's from Professor II.

Construct a 95% confidence interval for the true differences in proportions of A's given by the two professors.

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