26. Effects of an Outlier and Units of Measurement a. When using the methods of this section,...

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26. Effects of an Outlier and Units of Measurement

a. When using the methods of this section, can an outlier have a dramatic effect on the hypothesis test and confidence interval?

9-5 Comparing Variation in Two Samples 495

b. The examples in this section used temperatures measured in degrees Fahrenheit. If we convert all sample temperatures from Fahrenheit degrees to Celsius degrees, is the hypothesis test affected by such a change in units? Is the confidence interval affected by such a change in units? How?

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Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9780321331830

10th Edition

Authors: Mario F. Triola

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