Intro Stats, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
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Author: Richard D. De Veaux, Paul Velleman, David E. Bock
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Chapter 17, Problem 83E
Tees Does it matter what kind of tee a golfer places the ball on? The company that manufactures “Stinger” tees claims that the thinner shaft and smaller head lessen resistance and drag, reducing spin and allowing the ball to travel farther. In August 2003, Golf Laboratories, Inc., compared the distance traveled by golf balls hit off regular wooden tees to those hit off Stinger tees. All the balls were struck by the same golf club using a robotic device set to swing the club head at approximately 95 miles per hour. Summary statistics from the test are shown in the table below. Assume that 6 balls were hit off each tee and that the data were suitable for inference.
Is there evidence that balls hit off the Stinger tees have a higher initial velocity?
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Tees Does it matter what kind of tee a golfer places theball on? The company that manufactures “Stinger” teesclaims that the thinner shaft and smaller head will lessendrag, reducing spin and allowing the ball to travel farther.In August 2003, Golf Laboratories, Inc., compared thedistance traveled by golf balls hit off regular wooden teesto those hit off Stinger tees. All the balls were struck bythe same golf club using a robotic device set to swing theclub head at approximately 95 miles per hour. Summarystatistics from the test are shown in the table. Assumethat 6 balls were hit off each tee and that the data weresuitable for inference.Is there evidence that balls hit off the Stinger tees wouldhave a higher initial velocity?
TotalDistance(yards)BallVelocity(mph)ClubVelocity(mph)Regular Avg. 227.17 127.00 96.17tee SD 2.14 0.89 0.41Stinger Avg. 241.00 128.83 96.17tee SD 2.76 0.41 0.52
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Chapter 17 Solutions
Intro Stats, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
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