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10.4 Exercise 4

Avg difficulty 2.5

Five ball players think they can throw the same distance with their dominant hand (throwing) and off-hand (catching hand). The data were collected and recorded in the table. Conduct a hypothesis test to determine whether the mean 5 difference in distances between the dominant and off-hand is significant. Test at the 5 percent level.

Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Dominant Hand 120 111 135 140 125
Off-Hand 105 109 98 111 99

OpenStax Statistics, 10.4 Matched or Paired Samples (Optional), exercise 4

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