Question: 73. The article Can We Really Walk Straight? (Amer. J. of Physical Anthropology, 1992: 1927) reported on an experiment in which each of 20 healthy
73. The article “Can We Really Walk Straight?” (Amer. J. of Physical Anthropology, 1992: 19–27) reported on an experiment in which each of 20 healthy men was asked to walk as straight as possible to a target 60 m away at normal speed. Consider the following observations on cadence
(number of strides per second):
.95 .85 .92 .95 .93 .86 1.00 .92 .85 .81
.78 .93 .93 1.05 .93 1.06 1.06 .96 .81 .96 Use the methods developed in this chapter to summarize the data; include an interpretation or discussion wherever appropriate. [Note: The author of the article used a rather sophisticated statistical analysis to conclude that people cannot walk in a straight line and suggested several explanations for this.]
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