A Person Who Commutes to Work Is Choosing Between Two

question 115

Essay

A person who commutes to work is choosing between two different routes. He tries the first route 11 times and
the second route 12 times and records the time of each trip. The results (in minutes) are shown below. Use a
significance level of 0.01 to test the claim that the times for both routes come from populations with the same
median. Assume the routes were tested on days which were randomly selected.

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