Randomly sampled individuals were weighed from populations of a wild cat species

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Randomly sampled individuals were weighed from populations of a wild cat species. The weights in grams are as follos

                   Samples

A              B              C               D

2946           3186              2300             2286

2913           2857              2903                 2938

2280          3099               2572                 2952

3685          2761              2584                  2348

2310          3290              2675                 2691

2582          2937              2571                 2858

3002         3347                                        2414

2408                                                         2008

                                                                 2850

                                                                 2762

Using all data from one population, test wether as assumption of normality is reasonable for data. Why did you choose the test that you used as most appropriate for this?

Explanation / Answer

The data are taken from a single population , we store the data in x. using shapiro wilk normality test. The p -velue of the test is 0.7432,which is quite high. Thus we accept the hypothesis and conclude that normality assumption is valid.

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