Question: Using bootstrapping to check traditional methods. Bootstrapping is a good way to check if traditional inference methods are accurate for a given sample. Consider the following data:
(a) Examine the data graphically. Do they appear to violate any of the conditions needed to use the one-sample t confidence interval for the population mean?
(b) Calculate the 95% one-sample t confidence interval for this sample.
(c) Bootstrap the data, and inspect the bootstrap distribution of the mean. Does it suggest that a t interval should be reasonably accurate? Calculate the bootstrap t 95% interval.
(d) Find the 95% bootstrap percentile interval. Does it agree with the two t intervals? What do you conclude about the accuracy of the one-sample t interval here?