Assignment:
Assume that the paired sample data are simple random samples and that the differences have a distribution that is approximately normal.
Is Friday the 13th Unlucky? Researchers collected data on the numbers of hospital admissions resulting from motor vehicle crashes, and results are given below for Fridays on the 6th of a month and Fridays on the following 13th of the same month (based on data from "Is Friday the 13th Bad for Your Health?" by Scanlon, et al., British Medical Journal, Vol. 307, as listed in the Data and Story Line online resource of data sets). Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that when the 13th day of a month falls on a Friday, the numbers of hospital admissions from motor vehicle crashes are not affected.
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Friday the 6th:
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9
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6
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11
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11
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3
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5
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Friday the 13th:
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13
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12
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14
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10
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4
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12
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