1. Based on these data, should RainOrShine.Com warn its audience of seasonal differences in the numbers fatal lightning strikes in the United States? Use the a = .05 level of significance. 

2. If the data suggest there are seasonal differences in fatal lightning strikes in the United States, during which season are fatal lightning strikes most common in the United States? 

3. Are you concerned about RainOrShine.Com’s definitions of seasons? Explain why or why not.

RainOrShine.Com is an online provider of weather forecasts and information. The organization is putting together a weather-preparedness program to increase its audience’s understanding of severe weather. As part of this program, RainOrShine.Com would like to be able to warn its audience if there are seasonal differences in the number of fatal lightning strikes in the United States. 

To test for possible seasonal differences, RainOrShine.Com has collected data from the National Weather Service, which maintains an online database that provides information on lightning strike fatalities by month. Because only monthly data are available, RainOrShine.Com has defined the four seasons as follows. 

The data collected on the number of lightning strike fatalities for each season from 2008 through 2017 by RainOrShine.Com from the National Weather Service are provided in the following table.

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Season Months January, February, March April, May, June July, August, September October, November, December Winter Spring Summer Fall