7.58 Physical demands of women’s rugby seven matches. Rugby sevens is rapidly growing in popularity and will be included in the 2016 Olympics. Matches are played on a full rugby field and consist of two seven-minute halves. Each team also consists of seven players. To better understand the demands of women’s rugby sevens, a group of researchers compared the physical qualities of elite players from the Canadian National team with a university squad. The following table summarizes some of these qualities:28

Elite (n = 16) University (n = 13)
Quality s s
Sprint speed (km/hr) 27.3 0.7 26.0 1.5
Peak heart rate (bpm) 192.0 6.0 193.0 6.0
Intermittent recovery
test (m)
1160 191 781 129

Carry out the significance tests using . Report the test statistic with the degrees of freedom and the P-value. Write a short summary of your conclusion.