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Course: AP??/College Statistics?>?Unit 6
Lesson 5: Inference and experimentsFinding errors in study conclusions
Problem
A company tested their new golf ball by having professional golfers each hit shots with the company's new ball and shots with the golfer's current ball (in a random order). The labels were removed, so the golfers didn't know which balls were which. The golfers, on average, hit their shots significantly farther with the new ball.
The company cites this study in an advertisement claiming that this new ball will help all golfers hit farther shots.
Why is the company's claim not appropriate?
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