Sal purchased two types of plant fertilizer and conducted an experiment to see which fertilizer would be best to use in his greenhouse. He planted 20 seedlings and used Fertilizer A on ten of them and Fertilizer B on the other ten. He measured the height of each plant after two weeks. What conclusion can Sal make about the plant fertilizers?
Sample number
Fertilizer A
Fertilizer B
1
19.8
23.4
2
25.7
30.1
3
29.0
28.5
4
23.2
26.3
5
27.8
32.0
6
31.1
29.6
7
26.5
26.8
8
24.7
25.2
9
21.3
27.5
10
25.6
30.8
A.
No conclusion can be made because the experiment is biased.
B.
The range of heights for plants with Fertilizer B is less than Fertilizer A.
C.
Fertilizer B will outperform Fertilizer A every time.
D.
On average Fertilizer A produces a taller plant.