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Chapter 18, Problem 38E
Marathon start-up years 2016 When we considered the Boston Marathon in Exercise 37, we were unable to check the Nearly Normal Condition. Here’s a histogram of the differences:
The three largest differences are in the first three years of wheelchair competition: 1977, 1978, and 1979. Often the start-up years of new
Summary of wheelchrF – runM
n = 37
SD = 18.14
- a) Comment on the assumptions and conditions.
- b) Assuming that these times are representative of such races, construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the mean difference in finishing time.
- c) Would a hypothesis test at a = 0.05 reject the null hypothesis of no difference? What conclusion would you draw?
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