Question: Consider the data from Exercise 10.S.6. Analyze these data with a chi-square test. Let = 0.05. Exercise 10.S.6 Desert lizards (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) regulate their
Exercise 10.S.6
Desert lizards (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) regulate their body temperature by basking in the sun or moving into the shade, as required. Normally the lizards will maintain a daytime temperature of about 38°C. When they are sick, however, they maintain a temperature about 2o to 4o higher -that is, a "fever." In an experiment to see whether this fever might be beneficial, lizards were given a bacterial infection; then 36 of the animals were prevented from developing a fever by keeping them in a 38o enclosure, while 12 animals were kept at a temperature of 40o. The following table describes the mortality after 24 hours. How strongly do these results support the hypothesis that fever has survival value? Use Fisher's exact test against a directional alternative. Let α = 0.05.
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38 40 Died 18 Survived 18 10 Total 36 12
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