3. It is claimed that a new diet will reduce a person's weight, on the average in a period of two weeks. The weight of 10 women who followed this diet were recorded before and after a 2-week period, yielding the following data: 1 2 3 4 5 6 |67 Woman Weight before 58.5 60.3 61.7 69.0 64.2 62.6 56.7 |63.6 68.2 59.4 Weight after Test the hypothesis that the diet reduces the weight against the alternative hypothesis that there is a significant difference. 8 9 10 60.0 54.9 58.1 62.1 58.5 59.9 54.4 60.2 62.3 58.7

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3. It is claimed that a new diet will reduce a person's weight, on the average in a period of two
weeks. The weight of 10 women who followed this diet were recorded before and after a 2-week
period, yielding the following data:
1 2 3
4 5 6
|67
8 9
Woman
Weight before 58.5 60.3 61.7
Weight after
10
69.0 64.2 62.6 56.7 63.6 68.2 59.4
60.2 62.3 58.7
60.0 54.9 58.1
62.1 58.5 59.9 54.4
Test the hypothesis that the diet reduces the weight against the alternative hypothesis that there
is a significant difference.
Transcribed Image Text:3. It is claimed that a new diet will reduce a person's weight, on the average in a period of two weeks. The weight of 10 women who followed this diet were recorded before and after a 2-week period, yielding the following data: 1 2 3 4 5 6 |67 8 9 Woman Weight before 58.5 60.3 61.7 Weight after 10 69.0 64.2 62.6 56.7 63.6 68.2 59.4 60.2 62.3 58.7 60.0 54.9 58.1 62.1 58.5 59.9 54.4 Test the hypothesis that the diet reduces the weight against the alternative hypothesis that there is a significant difference.
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