In: Statistics and Probability
In a controlled laboratory environment, independent random samples of 10 adults and 10 children were tested by a psychologist to determine the room temperature that each person finds most comfortable. The study provided the following results:
Adults Children
Sample size 10 10
Sample mean (in degrees) 77.5 74.5
Sample variance 4.5 2.5
Which one of the following is the correct 99% confidence interval for the true difference in population mean temperatures that adults and children find most comfortable?