Question: Velvetleaf is a particularly annoying weed in corn fields. It produces lots of seeds, and the seeds wait in the soil for years until conditions

Velvetleaf is a particularly annoying weed in corn fields. It produces lots of seeds, and the seeds wait in the soil for years until conditions are right. How many seeds do velvetleaf plants produce? Given are counts from 28 plants that came up in a corn field when no herbicide was used.

2450

2504

2114

1110

2137

8015

1623

1531

2008

1716

721

863

1136

2819

1911

2101

1051

218

1711

164

2228

363

5973

1050

1961

1809

130

880

We would like to give a confidence interval for the mean number of seeds produced by velvetleaf plants. Alas, the interval can not be safely used for this data. Why not?

It is because of the fact that the standard deviation of the population is not given.

It is because of the fact that the mean of the population is not given.

It is due to high outliers.

It is because the sample is too small.

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