The data you are being provided with relates to information collected pertaining to the current COVID-19 pandemic. You are being asked to analyze this "case" data derived from 3 states California, New York, and Washington state, each row across the states represent confirmed cases in 9 (n=9) counties. The data from each state identifies the actual number of confirmed COVID-19 cases as of late April 2020, your role as a behavioral research assistant is to analyze the data from your choice of only two of these states (choose and compare CA: to either NY or WA state) and demonstrate whether or not there is a statistical difference in the number of identified cases between your choice of two states. Critical elements or parts of this final project include knowledge of; descriptive statistics, the statistical cycle of inquiry (inferential set up), and inferential statistics (i.e. specifically the independent two-sample t-test Ch.9).