PLEASE SHOW ALL PROCESS AND STEPS NEATLY (1 point) Is fishing better from a boat

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PLEASE SHOW ALL PROCESS AND STEPS NEATLY

(1 point) Is fishing better from a boat or the shore? Ten people were randomly selected and asked to spend 3 hours fishing from a boat and then the next day spend 3 hours fishing from the shore. The number of fish caught by each person in each of the two different fishing sessions was recorded, and we want to test to determine if the mean number of fish caught from a boat is different from the mean number of fish caught from the shore. a. Would you use an independent samples t-test or a paired sample t-test for this problem? Please explain (1 point) Is fishing better from a boat or the shore? Ten people were randomly selected and asked to spend 3 hours fishing from a boat while ten other people were randomly selected and asked to spend 3 hours fishing from the shore. The number of fish caught by each person in their fishing session was recorded, and we want to test to d if the mean number of fish caught from a boat is different from the mean number of fish caught from the shore. b. etermine Would you use an independent samples t-test or a paired sample t-test for this problem? Please explain.

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a.
Paired sample t-test
Because here the sample of persons taken for fishing from a boat and the shore is same. Same persons did fishing from boat and then from the shore, hence this is paired sample t-test.

b.
Independent samples t-test
Because here the sample of persons taken for fishing from a boat and the shore is different. Different persons did fishing from boat and other 10 did fishing from the shore, hence this is independent samples t-test

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