In an experiment to compare anxiety levels induced between looking at real spiders and pictures of spiders, the following data was collected from 10 people with a fear of spiders (arachnophobia). With 95% confidence, what would be the margin of error in predicting the difference in the average anxiety scores between observing live spiders and images of spiders?

In an experiment to compare anxiety levels induced between looking at real spiders and pictures of spiders, the following data was collected from 10 people with a fear of spiders (arachnophobia). With 95% confidence, what would be the margin of error in predicting the difference in the average anxiety scores between observing live spiders and images of spiders?

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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