Assignment:
Comparing Readability of J. K. Rowling and Leo Tolstoy Listed below are Flesch Reading Ease scores taken from randomly selected pages in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. (Higher scores indicate writing that is easier to read.) Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is easier to read than War and Peace. Is the result as expected?
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Rowling:
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85.3
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84.3
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79.5
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82.5
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80.2
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84.6
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79.2
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70.9
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78.6
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86.2
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74.0
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83.7
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Tolstoy:
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69.4
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64.2
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71.4
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71.6
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68.5
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51.9
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72.2
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74.4
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52.8
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58.4
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65.4
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73.6
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