A Large Bicycle Store Is Testing Two Newly Designed Bicycle

question 37

Essay

A large bicycle store is testing two newly designed bicycle seats. One sample of cyclists rates the comfort level of model A. Another sample rates the comfort level of model B. The seats are rated on a scale from 1 to 10 with 10 representing the highest level of comfort. The cyclists' ratings are shown below. Do the ratings suggest that one model is more comfortable than the other? Conduct a Mann-Whitney U test at α = .05, two-tailed.
Model A: 6, 3, 7, 5, 4, 3
Model B: 8, 6, 9, 7, 8, 7

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