Carlos noticed a large population of anoles in the park across from his school. The anoles are a variety of colors and sizes. Carlos decided to measure the anoles. He believed that the brighter colored anoles are smaller than the darker colored anoles. His results are below:

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The results are as follows:

12.9 neon, 13.8 neon, 13.9 dark, 14.2 brown, 14.2 blue, 15.5 neon, 15.6 gray, 15.8 gray, 16.1 blue

Did Carlos' data support his hypothesis?

The answer is NO

Explanation:

According to the question, Carlos observed a large population of anoles, which are a variety of colors and sizes in the park across from his school. He then decided to measure the anoles.

However, he hypothesized that: the brighter colored anoles are smaller than the darker colored anoles. In his results, he measured the following sizes for each color of anole:

12.9 neon, 13.8 neon, 13.9 dark, 14.2 brown, 14.2 blue, 15.5 neon, 15.6 gray, 15.8 gray, 16.1 blue

Based on this data, the hypothesis IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE DATA. This is because the measurements contained same color of anoles that varied in size. If his hypothesis were correct, anoles of the same color should have the same size when measured.