Question: Data Set 2 in Appendix B includes measured human body temperatures. Use the temperatures listed for 12 AM on day 2 to test the common
Data Set 2 in Appendix B includes measured human body temperatures. Use the temperatures listed for 12 AM on day 2 to test the common belief that the mean body temperature is 98.6?F. Does that common belief appear to be wrong?


Data Set 2: Body Temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit) of Healthy Adults Data provided by Dr. Steven Wasserman, Dr. Philip Mackowiak, and Dr. Myron Levine of the University of Maryland. STATDISK: Minitab: Excel: TI-83/84 Plus: Text files: Subject 31 41 Age 43 1234567890=234567181920122 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3052 334353673839 40442 45 44 NNNDRONRONONN55 22 23 22 19 18 20 27 19 19 24 35 21 33 19 24 18 22 20 30 29 18 31 28 27 21 30 27 32 33 23 29 25 31 25 28 Data set name for the 12 A.M. temperatures on Day 2 is Bodytemp. Worksheet name for the 12 A.M. temperatures on Day 2 is BODYTEMP.MTW. Workbook name for the 12 A.M. temperatures on Day 2 is BODYTEMP.XLS. 30 33 28 22 21 30 App name for 12 A.M. temperatures on Day 2 is BTEMP and the file name is BTEMP. Text file name is BTEMP. Sex M M M M M M M Smoke Y Temperature Day 1 8 AM 12 AM 98.0 97.0 98.6 97.4 98.2 98.2 98.2 96.6 97.4 97.4 98.2 97.4 97.8 98.4 97.6 96.2 98.0 98.0 98.8 99.0 98.0 97.6 98.8 98.0 98.8 98.8 97.6 98.6 98.6 98.8 98.0 98.2 98.0 98.0 97.0 97.2 98.2 ||||||| 98.1 98.2 98.5 98.5 99.0 98.0 97.0 97.3 97.3 98.1 97.8 99.0 97.6 97.4 98.0 97.4 98.0 98.6 Temperature Day 2 8 AM 12 AM 98.6 98.0 97.4 97.8 97.0 97.0 96.6 97.0 96.8 96.6 96.6 96.2 97.6 98.6 97.0 97.4 98.0 97.6 97.2 97.0 98.0 97.0 96.4 96.1 98.0 96.8 98.2 97.8 98.2 97.8 99.0 97.4 97.4 97.5 97.8 97.9 97.8 98.3 98.0 98.6 98.0 98.0 99.0 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.6 98.6 98.8 98.6 97.0 97.0 98.8 97.6 97.7 98.8 98.0 98.0 98.3 98.5 97.3 98.7 97.4 98.9 98.6 99.5 97.5 97.3 97.6 98.2 99.6 98.7 99.4 98.2 98.0 98.6 98.6 97.2 98.4 98.6 45 99099006890985808880%8FAMEROLOR & 3 6 6 6 & 95%838866 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 54 55 57 61 62 63 64 66 67 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 94 97 99 100 101 102 103 104 22 105 106 107 22 20 19 33 31 26 18 23 28 19 21 27 29 38 29 22 22 26 32 25 21 25 24 25 35 23 31 28 29 26 32 32 21 20 24 21 28 27 28 29 19 24 29 25 27 25 19 27 32 24 32 19 18 27 34 25 18 32 31 26 23 > 2 >> 2 > >> 2 >> M M : L M M
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