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11.5 Exercise 16

Avg difficulty 2.5

When looking at energy consumption, we are often interested in detecting trends over time and how they correlate among different countries. The information in the table shows the average energy use (in units of kg of oil equivalent per capita) in the USA and the joint European Union countries (EU) for a specific six-year period. Do the energy use values in these two areas come from the same distribution? Perform the analysis at the 5% significance level.

Year European Union United States Row total
6 3,413 7,164 10,557
5 3,302 7,057 10,359
4 3,505 7,488 10,993
3 3,537 7,758 11,295
2 3,595 7,697 11,292
1 3,613 7,847 11,460
Column total 20,965 45,011 65,976

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