To determine if his teaching method increases students’ learning, a professor administers a pretest to his class at the beginning of the semester and then a posttest at the end of the semester. The results from 10 randomly chosen students are given below. Let Population 1 be the Pretest scores and Population 2 be the Posttest scores.  Test Scores Pretest Posttest 53 59 81 64 79 81 69 75 67 76 52 66 71 78 59 71 87 91 82 94   Step 1 of 2 :Construct a 90% confidence interval for the true mean difference between the scores to determine if the teaching method increases students’ knowledge of the course material. Round the endpoints of the interval to one decimal place, if necessary.

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To determine if his teaching method increases students’ learning, a professor administers a pretest to his class at the beginning of the semester and then a posttest at the end of the semester. The results from 10 randomly chosen students are given below. Let Population 1 be the Pretest scores and Population 2 be the Posttest scores.
 Test Scores
Pretest Posttest
53 59
81 64
79 81
69 75
67 76
52 66
71 78
59 71
87 91
82 94
 
Step 1 of 2 :Construct a 90% confidence interval for the true mean difference between the scores to determine if the teaching method increases students’ knowledge of the course material. Round the endpoints of the interval to one decimal place, if necessary.
 
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