Consumer Reports gave the following mileage ratings (in miles per gallon) for seven midsize hybrid 2016 model
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Consumer Reports gave the following mileage ratings (in miles per gallon) for seven midsize hybrid 2016 model cars (consumerreports.org/cro/cars /new-cars/hybrids evs/ratings-reliability/ratings -overview.htm, retrieved December 21, 2016). Is it reasonable to use these data and the t confidence interval of this section to construct a confidence interval for the mean mileage rating of 2016 midsize hybrid cars? Explain why or why not.
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