The data set provided below was derived from an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled "A Critical Appraisal of 98.6 Degrees F, the Upper Limit of the Normal Body Temperature, and Other Legacies of Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich" (Mackowiak, Wasserman, and Levine 1992) by Allen Shoemaker. He recreated the original data set from a histogram and published the article "What's Normal? -- Temperature, Gender, and Heart Rate", Journal of Statistics Education v.4, n.2 (1996). Data Table Temp 96.2 96.7 96.9 97 97.1 97.1 97 97.2 97.3 97.4 97.4 97.4 97.5 97.5 97.4 97.6 97.6 97.6 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98.2 98.1 98.3 98.2 98.3 98.2 98.4 98.3 98.5 98.5 98.4 98.4 98.6 98.4 98.7 98.7 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.8 98.7 98.8 98.9 98.9 98.9 99 99 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.3 99.3 99.5 96.4 96.7 96.8 97.3 97.1 97.3 97.5 97.6 97.8 97.8 97.9 97.7 97.8 97.9 97.9 98 98 97.9 98 98 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.2 98.2 98.1 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.3 98.3 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.3 98.4 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.7 98.7 98.6 98.8 98.7 98.8 98.9 98.9 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.9 99 99.1 99 99.1 99.2 99.1 99.3 99.4 100 100.1 100.8

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The data set provided below was derived from an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled "A Critical Appraisal of 98.6 Degrees F, the Upper Limit of the Normal Body Temperature, and Other Legacies of Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich" (Mackowiak, Wasserman, and Levine 1992) by Allen Shoemaker. He recreated the original data set from a histogram and published the article "What's Normal? -- Temperature, Gender, and Heart Rate", Journal of Statistics Education v.4, n.2 (1996).

Data Table

Temp
96.2
96.7
96.9
97
97.1
97.1
97
97.2
97.3
97.4
97.4
97.4
97.5
97.5
97.4
97.6
97.6
97.6
97.8
97.8
97.8
97.8
97.8
98
98
98
98
98
98
98
98
98.2
98.1
98.3
98.2
98.3
98.2
98.4
98.3
98.5
98.5
98.4
98.4
98.6
98.4
98.7
98.7
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.8
98.7
98.8
98.9
98.9
98.9
99
99
99.1
99.1
99.1
99.3
99.3
99.5
96.4
96.7
96.8
97.3
97.1
97.3
97.5
97.6
97.8
97.8
97.9
97.7
97.8
97.9
97.9
98
98
97.9
98
98
98.1
98.2
98.3
98.2
98.2
98.1
98.1
98.2
98.3
98.3
98.3
98.4
98.4
98.4
98.3
98.4
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.7
98.7
98.6
98.8
98.7
98.8
98.9
98.9
98.8
98.8
98.8
98.8
98.8
98.9
99
99.1
99
99.1
99.2
99.1
99.3
99.4
100
100.1
100.8

1.Choose the correct null and alternative hypothesis.

correct answer -H0: μ=98.6
Ha: μ≠98.6

2.Compute the test statistic. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.

3.Compute the p-value. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.

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