27. A sample of 10 fish were caught at lake A and their PCB concentrations were measured...
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27. A sample of 10 fish were caught at lake A and their PCB concentrations were measured using a certain technique. The resulting data in parts per million were Lake A: 11.5, 10.8, 11.6, 9.4, 12.4, 11.4, 12.2, 11, 10.6, 10.8 In addition, a sample of 8 fish were caught at lake B and their levels of PCB were measured by a different technique than that used at lake A. The resultant data were Lake B: 11.8, 12.6, 12.2, 12.5, 11.7, 12.1, 10.4, 12.6 If it is known that the measuring technique used at lake A has a variance of .09 whereas the one used at lake B has a variance of .16, could you reject (at the 5 percent level of significance) a claim that the two lakes are equally contaminated?
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Introduction To Probability And Statistics For Engineers And Scientists
ISBN: 9780125980579
3rd Edition
Authors: Sheldon M. Ross