The General Social Survey asked a question in 2012(group 1) and in 2016(group 2) that asked respondents if the nation was spending too much or not too much on the environment. Let p1 equal the population proportion of Americans who believe that the nation is spending too much on the environment in 2012 and p2 equal the population proportion of Americans who believe that the nation is spending too much on the environment in 2016. The 95% confidence interval for p1 - p2 was (0.0064, 0.0599). Complete the following interpretation.

"We are 95% confident that the

-pop. proportion

-pop. mean

-sample proportion

-sample mean

in 2012 who said that we are spending too much on the environment is between 0.0064

-less

-more

to 0.0599

-more

-less

than in 2016.