Elementary Statistics ( 3rd International Edition ) Isbn:9781260092561
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Author: William Navidi Prof.; Barry Monk Professor
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Chapter 10.3, Problem 10E
Truck pollution: In an experiment to determine the effect of ambient temperature on the missions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX) of diesel trucks, 10 trucks were run at temperatures of 40F and 80F. The emissions, m parts per billion, are presented in the following table.
- Construct a 99% confidence interval for the difference in
mean emissions between trucks running at 40F and trucks running at 80F. - Based on the confidence Interval, is it reasonable to believe that the mean emissions at 40F may be the same as the mean at 80F?
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