Human Body Temperature: What\'s Normal? In an article in the Journal of Statisti

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Human Body Temperature: What's Normal? In an article in the Journal of Statistics Education (vol. 4, no. 2), Allen Shoemaker describes a study that was reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).* It is generally accepted that96 79 the mean body temperature of an adult human is 98.6°F. In his article, Shoemaker uses the data from the JAMA article to test this hypothesis. Here is a summary of his test. Men's Temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit) 96 3 Claim: The body temperature of adults is 98.6°F. Sample Size: n 130 Population: Adult human temperatures (Fahrenheit) 97 011 123444 4 97 556667888899 98 000000112222 334444 98 55666666778889 99 0001234 99 5 100 100 Ho: =98.6°F (Claim) H,: 76 98.6"F Key: 9613 = 96.3 Distribution: Approximately normal Test Statistics: 98.25,s 0.73 * Data for the JAMA article were collected from Women's Temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit) healthy men and women, ages 18 to 40, at the University of Maryland Center for Vaccine Development, Baltimore. 96 4 96 78 97 224 97 677888999 98 00000122222233344444 98 5666677777788888889 99 00112234 100 0 100 8 Key: 9614 = 96.4

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Since Z =-5.466 is less that critical value -1.96

i.e Z <Zcritical

We reject H0 at 5% level of significance.

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