Researchers wanted to determine whether fence lizards learned to avoid fire ants. To determine this, they gathered lizards from eastern Arkansas (where there were no fire ants), and from southern Alabama (which had been invaded by fire ants). The lizards were then exposed to fire ants, and researchers measured how long (in seconds) it took the lizards to flee. Suppose that mu_I is the average time to flee for a lizard that lives in the invaded areas in Alabama, and mu_U is the average time to flee for a lizard living in the uninvaded areas of Arkansas. The researchers are interested in understanding if lizards from invaded areas are faster to flee when exposed to ants. What should they use for their hypotheses? H0:μI−μU= HA:μI−μU What are the hypothesis and null hypothesis answers? And how did you get the hypothesis and null hypothesis without any numbers?

Researchers wanted to determine whether fence lizards learned to avoid fire ants. To determine this, they gathered lizards from eastern Arkansas (where there were no fire ants), and from southern Alabama (which had been invaded by fire ants). The lizards were then exposed to fire ants, and researchers measured how long (in seconds) it took the lizards to flee. Suppose that mu_I is the average time to flee for a lizard that lives in the invaded areas in Alabama, and mu_U is the average time to flee for a lizard living in the uninvaded areas of Arkansas. The researchers are interested in understanding if lizards from invaded areas are faster to flee when exposed to ants. What should they use for their hypotheses? H0:μI−μU= HA:μI−μU What are the hypothesis and null hypothesis answers? And how did you get the hypothesis and null hypothesis without any numbers?

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

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Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data

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