Does living together cause divorce? Couples were given astandardized psychological assessment that indicates the likelihoodof divorce (higher scores indicate a higher likelihood of divorce)and asked them how many months they've lived together. The data isreported below:
Likelihood of divorce score | Months lived together |
87 | 54 |
65 | 36 |
45 | 20 |
32 | 5 |
05 | 0 |
Please complete all steps of hypothesis testing, create ascatterplot, and write a short explanation for what you think maybe the underlying factor in this correlation (hint: be careful notto associate causal factors).