Volleyball coach noted that players who practiced jumping during practice time seemed to be able to jump higher. He wondered whether jumping practice increased vertical jump height more effectively than lower extremity weight training. The null hypothesis is that no significant differences exist between players who practiced jumping and players who participated in lower extremity weight training, and players who did neither jumping nor weight training. To test this phenomenon, he randomly divided his team into three groups. For 6 weeks prior to the start of the season, Group one (control) practiced regularly without any special jumping or weight training. Group two (jumping) spent the last 20 minutes of each practice session doing jumping exercises, and group three (weight training) spent the last 20 minutes of each practice session doing high-resistance leg presses. The results (in inches) of the vertical jump test taken 2 days before the first game are as follows:
Control: 23, 26
Weight training: 28, 25
Jumping: 27, 32