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Doctors are interested in determining if men prefer colder temperatures than women. Thirty women and thirty men were asked to state their ideal room temperature. What type of test would they conduct to test this claim?

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Answer and Explanation:

Firstly, the doctors can adjust temperatures of the air-conditioned room to several different temperatures (8°C,12°C, 16°C, 20°C, 24°C etc.) for the testing conditions to be performed and let each of the thirty men and thirty women take turns and stay in the room for 2 - 8 hours.

The temperature of each person can be gauged and recorded at one hour intervals until 8 hours are completed, all the body temperatures shall be recorded by the doctors.

This test can be done on each man and woman by taking turns. Also, an average of the men/women body temperatures throughout the 8 hours can be calculated.

All of these individuals shall also be interviewed and checked with to understand whether they are comfortable or not with the temperatures, also to be compared to their body temperature during several temperatures subjection (8°C,12°C, 16°C, 20°C, 24°C etc.), and their body temperature fluctuations throughout the 8 hours.

The doctors can finally discuss among each other and make decisions based on the collected body temperatures, fluctuations, and interviewed answers.