What is the difference between the average heights of the boys and girls?
It was our hypothesis that the averages would be rather close together. Procedure: The first thing we did after selecting our questions was to go to our secretary and ask for a list of the population of our high school. We gave each boy a number and each girl a number, making sure that we starting at one with each boy and girl freshman. We then used the random integers in the TI-83 calculator to choose the fifteen boys and fifteen girls for our sample. The variable for our lab was the height of each student. The Data (plural) was the varied height among the boys and girls in grades 9 to 12. The parameter is the average height of the boys and girls in Hurley High School. The statistic for the boys and girls is the average, which is 68.27 inches. When we had the thirty students chosen we asked them to all come to the Vtel room where we had set up a measuring system. We took a tape measurer and secured it underneath the baseboard and taped it up along the side of the door. When each stude
