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(e) The women on the Maryland field hockey team are not a random sample of all female college field
hockey players. Similarly, the women on the Maryland basketball team are not a random sample of all female
college basketball players. However, for the purposes of this question, suppose that these two groups can be
regarded as random samples of all female college field hockey players and all female college basketball
players, respectively. If these were random samples, would you think that female college basketball players
are typically taller than female college field hockey players? Explain your decision using answers to the
previous questions and/or additional reasoning.
