Red Meat Consumption Narrative

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Red Meat Consumption Narrative
To test the theory that the consumption of red meat in Canada has decreased over the past 10 years, a researcher decides to select hospital nutrition records for 400 subjects surveyed 10 years ago and to compare their average amount of beef consumed per year to amounts consumed by an equal number of subjects interviewed this year. The data are given in the table.
-In an attempt to compare the starting salaries for graduates who majored in business and education, random samples of 50 recent graduates in each major were selected and the following information was obtained: Do the data provide sufficient evidence to indicate a difference in average starting salaries for graduates who majored in business and education? Test using

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