A University of South Florida biologist conducted an experiment to determine whcther increased levels of carbon dioxide
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A University of South Florida biologist conducted an experiment to determine whcther increased levels of carbon dioxide kill leaf-eating moths (USF Magazine, Winter 1999). Moth larvae were placed in open containers filled with oak leaves. Half the containers had normal carbon dioxide levels while the other half had double the normal level of carbon dioxide. Ten pcrcent of the larvae in the containers with high carbonedioxide levels died, compared to five percent in the containers with normal levels. Assume that 80 moth larvae were placed, at random, in each of the two types of containers. Do the experimental result4 demonstrate that an increased level of carbon dioxide is effective in killing a higher percentage of leaf-eating moth larvae? Test using a = .01.
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Statistics For Business And Economics
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