Does the background music affect the behavior of supermarket shoppers?  An experiment to answer this question was conducted in a supermarket during the relatively stable summer shopping months.  Two days were selected in midweek.  One day was assigned to receive no background music.  During the second day slow-tempo background music was played.  The daily sales (in dollars) for twelve weeks are shown in the accompanying table. None Slow tempo $15,172 $15,917 15,485 16,110 13,922 13,818 12,204 14,709 15,501 13,982 14,106 16,416 14,608 14,727 12,946 14,823 15,002 14,825 14,670 15,949 16,202 15,488 13,286 13,055 Explain carefully how concerned you might be, if at all, regarding the conclusion reached

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Does the background music affect the behavior of supermarket shoppers?  An experiment to answer this question was conducted in a supermarket during the relatively stable summer shopping months.  Two days were selected in midweek.  One day was assigned to receive no background music.  During the second day slow-tempo background music was played.  The daily sales (in dollars) for twelve weeks are shown in the accompanying table.

None

Slow tempo

$15,172

$15,917

15,485

16,110

13,922

13,818

12,204

14,709

15,501

13,982

14,106

16,416

14,608

14,727

12,946

14,823

15,002

14,825

14,670

15,949

16,202

15,488

13,286

13,055

Explain carefully how concerned you might be, if at all, regarding the conclusion reached

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