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Hausmann et al.'s Using Smartphone Crowdsourcing to Redefine Normal and Febrile Temperatures in Adults: Results from the Feverprints Study

As described in Wired's pop piece, the average body temperature for healthy adults isn't 98.6℉. Instead, data suggests that it is 97.7℉. Here is a link to the original study by  Hausmann, Berna, Ggujral, Ayubi, Howekins, Brownstein, & Dedeoglu . 1. This is an excellent theoretical example for explaining a situation where a one-sample t-test could answer your research question. 2. I created fake data that jive with the results, so you can conduct the test with your students. This data set mimicked the original findings for healthy adults (M = 97.7, SD = .72) and was generated with Andy Luttrell's Data Generator for Teaching Statistics . 97.39 97.45 97.96 97.35 96.74 99.66 98.21 99.02 96.78 97.70 96.90 97.29 97.99 97.73 98.18 97.78 97.17 97.34 97.56 98.13 97.77 97.07 97.13 9...