Question 14.210

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11. Carbon Emissions. The following table shows the carbon dioxide emissions (in millions of metric tons) from the consumption of fossil fuels in 2000 and 2005 for a random sample of 10 nations. Test whether the emissions have been increasing. That is, test, using a sign test, whether the population median of the difference (2005 – 2000) in carbon dioxide emissions is greater than zero, using level of significance .

Nation Carbon emissions
in 2000 (millions of
metric tons)
Carbon emissions
in 2005 (millions
of metric tons)
Brazil 342.1 360.6
Canada 558.4 631.3
China 2912.6 5322.7
France 399.0 415.3
India 994.1 1165.7
Ireland 40.4 44.1
South Africa 383.4 423.8
Thailand 160.6 234.2
Vietnam 47.4 80.4
United States 5823.5 5957.0