White-Tailed Deer In an article entitled AStrategy for Big Bucks, Charles Dickey

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White-Tailed Deer In an article entitled AStrategy for Big Bucks, Charles Dickey discussesstudies of the habits of white-tailed deer that indicatethat they live and feed within very limited rangesapproximately 150 to 205 acres.20 To determinewhether there was a difference between the ranges ofdeer located in two different geographic areas, 40 deerwere caught, tagged, and fitted with small radio transmitters.Several months later, the deer were trackedand identified, and the distance x from the releasepoint was recorded. The mean and standard deviationof the distances from the release point were as follows:Location 1 Location 2Sample Size 40 40Sample Mean (ft) 2980 3205Sample Standard Deviation (ft) 1140 963a. If you have no preconceived reason for believingone population mean is larger than another, whatwould you choose for your alternative hypothesis?Your null hypothesis?b. Does your alternative hypothesis in part a imply aone- or a two-tailed test? Explain.c. Do the data provide sufficient evidence to indicatethat the mean distances differ for the two geographiclocations? Test using a .05.