Question: Damage to grapes from bird predation is a serious problem for grape growers. The article Experimental Method to Investigate and Monitor Bird Behavior and Damage

Damage to grapes from bird predation is a serious problem for grape growers. The article "Experimental Method to Investigate and Monitor Bird Behavior and Damage to Vineyards" (Amer. J. of Enology and Viticulture, 2004: 288-291) reported on an experiment involving a bird-feeder table, time-lapse video, and artificial foods. Information was collected for two different bird species at both the experimental location and at a natural vineyard setting. Consider the following data on time (sec) spent on a single visit to the location.
Damage to grapes from bird predation is a serious problem

a. Calculate an upper confidence bound for the true average time that blackbirds spend on a single visit at the experimental location.
b. Does it appear that true average time spent by blackbirds at the experimental location exceeds the true average time birds of this type spend at the natural location? Carry out a test of appropriate hypotheses.
c. Estimate the difference between the true average time blackbirds spend at the natural location and true average time that silvereyes spend at the natural location, and do so in a way that conveys information about reliability and precision.

Species Location SE mean Blackbirds Blackbirds Silvereyes Silvereyes Exptl Natural Exptl Natural 65 50 34 46 13.4 9.7 49.4 38.4 2.05 1.76 4.78 5.06

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