a random sample of female students in Spring 2022 semester. Data (in years) are given below. Is there sufficient evidence to conclude the difference in the means (average age) is statistically significant? use 5% (α = 0.05) significance level.  Male grad

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
18th Edition
ISBN:9780079039897
Author:Carter
Publisher:Carter
Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data
Problem 30PPS
icon
Related questions
Question
12) A professor wanted to compare the ages of male and female graduate students at her university. She collected a random sample of male and a random sample of female students in Spring 2022 semester. Data (in years) are given below. Is there sufficient evidence to conclude the difference in the means (average age) is statistically significant? use 5% (α = 0.05) significance level.  Male graduate students: 29, 35, 36, 28, 24, 30, 31, 25, 27, 29, 41, 39, 38, 35,  30 Female graduate students:  28, 27, 29, 24, 28, 24, 35, 37, 26, 29, 28, 36, 28, 35, 28 a) Write the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis to test the above claim. b)  What is the value of the test statistic? c)  What is the degrees of freedom of the t distribution of the test statistic? d) What is the p-value? e) Write your conclusion and express in terms of the evidence for the indicated calim.
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps

Blurred answer
Recommended textbooks for you
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897…
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897…
Algebra
ISBN:
9780079039897
Author:
Carter
Publisher:
McGraw Hill
College Algebra (MindTap Course List)
College Algebra (MindTap Course List)
Algebra
ISBN:
9781305652231
Author:
R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
College Algebra
College Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9781938168383
Author:
Jay Abramson
Publisher:
OpenStax