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Testing a Claim about a Difference between Means

Question 1 • Probability and Statistics with Applications Honors Sem-2-FL-1210300 (2024-2025)

Can a person train to become better at holding their breath? An experiment was designed to find out. Twelve volunteers were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups. The 6 volunteers assigned to group 1 were given breath-holding exercises to perform for 2 weeks. The other group was not given any information about the experiment. At the end of the 2 weeks, all 12 volunteers were individually tested to determine how long they could hold their breath. Here are the data (in seconds).Group 1: 90, 88, 70, 110, 75, 105Group 2: 40, 48, 35, 50, 55, 62

Answer
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No, the random condition is not met.
B
No, the 10% condition is not met.
C
No, the Normal/large sample condition is not met.
D
Yes, all of the conditions for inference have been met.
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