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OpenStax, Statistics §10.2 Two Population Means with Known Standard Deviations · Exercise 10 · Statistics · Hypothesis testing

Two Population Means with Known Standard Deviations · Exercise 10

A researcher is testing the effects of plant food on plant growth. Nine plants have been given the plant food. Another nine plants have not been given the plant food. The heights of the plants are recorded after eight weeks. The populations have normal distributions. The following table is the result. The researcher thinks the food makes the plants grow taller.


At the 1 percent significance level, what is your conclusion?

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