A study of fox rabies in southern Germany gave the following information about different regions and the occurrence of rabies in each region. A random sample of n1 = 16 locations in region 1 gave the following information about the number of cases of fox rabies near that location. x1: Region I Data 3 7 8 7 5 8 8 1 3 3 3 2 5 1 4 6 A second random sample of n2 = 15 locations in region II gave the following information about the number of cases of fox rabies near that location. x2: Region II Data 4 2 4 1 3 8 5 4 4 4 2 2 5 6 9 Note: If a two-sample t-test is appropriate, for degrees of freedom d.f. not in the Student's t table, use the closest d.f. that is smaller. In some situations, this choice of d.f. may increase the P-value by a small amount and therefore produce a slightly more "conservative" answer.Use a calculator with sample mean and sample standard deviation keys to find x1 and s1 in region I, and x2 and s2 in region II. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) x1 = s1 = x2 = s2 = (a) Does this information indicate that there is a difference (either way) in the mean number of cases of fox rabies between the two regions? Use a 5% level of significance. (Assume the distribution of rabies cases in both regions is mound-shaped and approximately normal.) (i) What is the level of significance? What is the value of the sample test statistic? (Test the difference μ1 − μ2. Round your answer to three decimal places.)(iii) Find the P-value. (Round your answer to four decimal places.) (b) Find a 95% confidence interval for μ1 − μ2. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) lower limit upper limit
A study of fox rabies in southern Germany gave the following information about different regions and the occurrence of rabies in each region. A random sample of n1 = 16 locations in region 1 gave the following information about the number of cases of fox rabies near that location.
3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
A second random sample of n2 = 15 locations in region II gave the following information about the number of cases of fox rabies near that location.
4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
Note: If a two-sample t-test is appropriate, for degrees of freedom d.f. not in the Student's t table, use the closest d.f. that is smaller. In some situations, this choice of d.f. may increase the P-value by a small amount and therefore produce a slightly more "conservative" answer.
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(iii) Find the P-value. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
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