The following are very small data sets of birth weights (in kg) of either singleton births or

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The following are very small data sets of birth weights (in kg) of either singleton births or individuals born with a twin.

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We are interested in the difference in mean weight between singleton babies and twin babies.

a. Construct a valid bootstrap sample from these data for this difference.

b. Assume that we wanted to estimate and test the difference in medians between these two groups. Would that change the way in which the bootstrap sample should be created?    

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The Analysis Of Biological Data

ISBN: 9781319226237

3rd Edition

Authors: Michael C. Whitlock, Dolph Schluter

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