An Amateur Golfer Wishes to Determine If There Is a Difference

question 27

True/False

An amateur golfer wishes to determine if there is a difference between the drive distances of her two favorite drivers. (A driver is a specialized club for driving the golf ball down range.) She hits fourteen balls With driver A and 10 balls with driver B. The drive distances (in yards) for the trials are show below. Assume that the populations are approximately normal. Construct a 98% confidence interval for the Difference between the mean drive distances for the two drivers. Based on your results, is it Reasonable to conclude that the mean drive distances may be the same for drivers A and B?
A) Yes
B) No

• A) Yes
• B) No

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