An agriculturist claims that she has cultivated a new variety of orange that has a significantly higher content of vitamin C than the variety that is currently the top seller. A random sample of 15 oranges of the new variety and a random sample of 13 oranges of the current top seller were sampled, giving the following results: n1 = 15 s = 6.4460 n2 = 13 s = 9.0336

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Which hypothesis test would be appropriate to determine whether the new variety of orange

has a significantly higher content of vitamin C than the variety that is currently the top seller?

Do NOT perform a hypothesis test – simply tell me which test should be used, why you

chose this test, and give the formula for the test statistic.

An agriculturist claims that she has cultivated a new variety of orange that has a significantly
higher content of vitamin C than the variety that is currently the top seller. A random sample of 15
oranges of the new variety and a random sample of 13 oranges of the current top seller were
sampled, giving the following results:
n1 = 15 s? = 6.4460
n2 = 13 s3 = 9.0336
Transcribed Image Text:An agriculturist claims that she has cultivated a new variety of orange that has a significantly higher content of vitamin C than the variety that is currently the top seller. A random sample of 15 oranges of the new variety and a random sample of 13 oranges of the current top seller were sampled, giving the following results: n1 = 15 s? = 6.4460 n2 = 13 s3 = 9.0336
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