When the Hatching of Young Geese Is Very Near, the Father

question 12

Essay

When the hatching of young geese is very near, the father guards the nest to defend itfrom predators that may be attracted by the hatchlings noisy entrance into the world.The following data are the typical distances from the nest for 24 soon to be fathergeese. A biologist would like to construct a 95% confidence interval for the meandistance of future father geese from the nest during this period. (Distances are in km.)
a) Using a graphical display of your choice, display the data in a way that will allowyou to determine whether it would be appropriate to use a 95% t confidenceinterval to estimate the population mean.
b) Using the graphical display from part (a), would you advise that constructing a95% t confidence interval is appropriate?
Explain the basis of yourrecommendation.

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