A Paired-Difference Experiment Was Conducted to Compare Two Populations

question 180

Short Answer

A paired-difference experiment was conducted to compare two populations. The data are shown in the table. Use a sign test to determine whether the population distributions are different. The null and alternate hypotheses are as follows: Determine an appropriate rejection region with 0.01.
Critical Values: ______________ Enter n1, n2
Calculate the observed value of the test statistic.
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Conclude: ______________
The data present ______________ evidence to indicate that populations 1 and 2 are different.

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