QUESTION #10 (12 marks)

Ben and Jerry's ice cream has a manufacturing plant in Stowe, Vermont. It is a very small village that appears to have a relatively high crime rate in comparison to other areas of Vermont. Some have hypothesized that that the higher ice cream consumption in this village is associated with the higher crime rates. A random sample of 10 individuals in this community was selected and they were asked how much ice cream they ate on average in the last 6 months (in pounds) and how many crimes they had committed in that same timeframe (higher values reflect higher rates of crime). Is the researcher's hypothesis supported? Test at analpha at 0.05and use all the steps of hypothesis testing for full marks.

Table 6.

Ice cream consumption

3.4

5.4

6.7

2.3

5.3

4.4

5.1

2.1

3.2

2.2

Crime rate

62

98

76

45

94

88

90

68

35

35