IQ and Lead Exposure Data Set 8 “IQ and Lead” in Appendix B lists full IQ scores for a random sample of subjects with low lead levels in their blood and another random sample of subjects with high lead levels in their blood. The statistics are summarized below.

a. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the mean IQ score of people with low blood lead levels is higher than the mean IQ score of people with high blood lead levels.

b. Construct a confidence interval appropriate for the hypothesis test in part (a).

c. Does exposure to lead appear to have an effect on IQ scores?

Low Blood Lead Level: n = 78, x = 92.88462, s = 15.34451 High Blood Lead Level: n = 21, x = 86.90476, s = 8.988352