SCENARIO 10-3
as Part of an Evaluation Program, a Sporting

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SCENARIO 10-3
As part of an evaluation program, a sporting goods retailer wanted to compare the downhill coasting speeds of 4 brands of bicycles.She took 3 of each brand and determined their maximum downhill speeds.The results are presented in miles per hour in the table below. $\begin{array}{lllll}\text { Trial}&\text { Barth}&\text { Tornado }&\text {Reiser}&\text { Shaw }\\1 & 43 & 37 & 41 & 43 \\2 & 46 & 38 & 45 & 45 \\3 & 43 & 39 & 42 & 46\end{array}$
-Referring to SCENARIO 10-3, the test is robust to the violation of the assumption that the population of speeds is normally distributed.

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Definitions:

Total Utility

The total satisfaction or happiness derived from consuming a particular quantity of goods or services.

Indifference Curve

A graph representing combinations of two goods or services among which a consumer is indifferent, showing preferences.

Total Utility

The complete satisfaction or pleasure a consumer derives from consuming a certain quantity of goods or services.

Indifference Curve

A graph showing different combinations of two goods between which a consumer is indifferent, representing equivalent levels of utility.