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Argosy University/ Phoniex University/
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Phoniex University
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Archaeology: Ireland Inorganic phosphorous is a naturally occurring element in all plants and animals, with concentrations increasing progressively up the food chain (fruit  vegetables  cereals  nuts  corpse). Geochemical surveys take soil samples to determine phosphorous content (in ppm, parts per million). A high phosphorous content may or may not indicate an ancient burial site, food storage site, or even a garbage dump. The Hill of Tara is a very important archaeological site in Ireland. It is by legend the seat of Ireland’s ancient high kings. Independent random samples from two regions in Tara gave the following phosphorous measurements (in ppm). Assume the population distributions of phosphorous are mound-shaped and symmetric for these two regions.
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Region I: x1;n1Â = 12 |
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540 |
810 |
790 |
790 |
340 |
800 |
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890 |
860 |
820 |
640 |
970 |
720 |
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Region II: x2Â ;n2Â = 16 |
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750 |
870 |
700 |
810 |
965 |
350 |
895 |
850 |
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635 |
955 |
710 |
890 |
520 |
650 |
280 |
993 |
(a) Use a calculator with mean and standard deviation keys to verify that
and s2≈ 212.1.
(b) Let μ1 be the population mean for x1 and let μ2be the population mean for x2 . Find a 90% confidence interval for m1 - m2.
(c) Interpretation Explain what the confidence interval means in the context of this problem. Does the interval consist of numbers that are all positive? All negative? of different signs? At the 90% level of confidence, is one region more interesting than the other from a geochemical perspective?
(d) Check Requirements Which distribution (standard normal or Student’s t) did you use? Why?
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