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A number of minor automobile accidents occur at various high-risk intersections in York county despite the traffic lights. The traffic department claims that a modification in the type of light will reduce these accidents. The county commissioners have agreed to a proposed experiment. Eight intersections were chosen at random, and lights at those intersections were modified. The number of minor accidents during a six-months periods before and after the modifications were
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 Number of accidents  | 
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 F  | 
 G  | 
 H  | 
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 Before modification  | 
 5  | 
 7  | 
 6  | 
 4  | 
 8  | 
 9  | 
 8  | 
 10  | 
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 After modification  | 
 3  | 
 7  | 
 7  | 
 0  | 
 4  | 
 6  | 
 8  | 
 2  | 
At the .01 significance level, it is reasonable to conclude that the modifications reduced the number of traffic accidents?