This document discusses four problems related to hypothesis testing using environmental data sets. Problem 1 involves testing the null hypothesis that the mean annual rainfall in Boston is 100cm using 10, 40, and 90 years of data from the NOAA. Problem 2 tests whether the mean coliform levels differ between the inner and outer Boston Harbor using bacterial monitoring data. Problem 3 uses a small sample to test if the standard deviation of a lognormal population equals its mean through stochastic simulation. Problem 4 repeats the small sample test using the chi-squared distribution.
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