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Many studies have suggested that there is a link between exercise and healthy bones. Exercise stresses the bones and this causes them to get stronger. One study examined the effect of jumping on the bone density of growing rats. There were three treatments: a control with no jumping, a low-jump condition (the jump height was 30 centimeters), and a high-jump condition (60 centimeters). After 8 weeks of 10 jumps per day, 5 days per week, the bone density of the rats (expressed in mg/cm3 ) was measured. Here are the data. data126.dat
(a) Make a table giving the sample size, mean, and standard deviation for each group of rats. Consider whether or not it is reasonable to pool the variances. (Round your answers for x, s, and s_(x^^\_) to one decimal place.)
Group n x^^\_ s s_(x^^\_)
Control
Low jump
High jump
(b) Run the analysis of variance. Report the F statistic with its degrees of freedom and P-value. What do you conclude? (Round your test statistic to two decimal places and your P-value to three decimal places.)
F =
P =
Conclusion: There is no? or a? statistically significant difference between the three treatment means at the α = .05 level.
obs group g density 1 Control 1 565 2 Control 1 598 3 Control 1 611 4 Control 1 601 5 Control 1 623 6 Control 1 607 7 Control 1 595 8 Control 1 649 9 Control 1 620 10 Control 1 576 11 Lowjump 2 629 12 Lowjump 2 645 13 Lowjump 2 626 14 Lowjump 2 653 15 Lowjump 2 633 16 Lowjump 2 639 17 Lowjump 2 624 18 Lowjump 2 639 19 Lowjump 2 643 20 Lowjump 2 622 21 Highjump 3 619 22 Highjump 3 614 23 Highjump 3 606 24 Highjump 3 608 25 Highjump 3 615 26 Highjump 3 608 27 Highjump 3 620 28 Highjump 3 619 29 Highjump 3 597 30 Highjump 3 593