According to the American Psychological Association, married adults tend to be happier than single adults.  A researcher wanted to determine how much happier married adults are.  The researcher asked eighteen married adults and seventeen single adults how happy they are on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being very unhappy and 10 being very happy.  The results of the survey are shown below. Married:  3, 9, 10, 10, 7, 7, 9, 8, 6, 6, 5, 5, 7, 10, 7, 6, 7, 10 Single:  5, 5, 3, 2, 8, 2, 7, 2, 1, 6, 4, 4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 10 Assume both follow a Normal distribution. Compute the 90% confidence interval for the difference.  Round to one decimal place.

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According to the American Psychological Association, married adults tend to be happier than single adults.  A researcher wanted to determine how much happier married adults are.  The researcher asked eighteen married adults and seventeen single adults how happy they are on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being very unhappy and 10 being very happy.  The results of the survey are shown below.

Married:  3, 9, 10, 10, 7, 7, 9, 8, 6, 6, 5, 5, 7, 10, 7, 6, 7, 10

Single:  5, 5, 3, 2, 8, 2, 7, 2, 1, 6, 4, 4, 1, 2, 3, 2, 10

Assume both follow a Normal distribution.

Compute the 90% confidence interval for the difference.  Round to one decimal place.

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