Mathematics

Dyer

28 October, 06:27

Phil wishes to compare the weights of professional athletes to the weights of non-professional athletes. Phil completes a simple random sample of professional athletes and records his results in pounds: 125 147 240 186 156 205 248 152 199 207 176 Phil also completes a simple random sample of non-professional athletes and records his results in pounds: 151 161 139 128 149 160 201 173 The samples are independent and come from normally distributed populations. Use the p-value method and a 2% significance level to test the claim that the mean weights of professional and non-professional athletes are the same. What population parameter is being tested