A ski company in Vail owns two ski shops, one on the west side and one on the east side of Vail. Ski hat sales data (in dollars) for a random sample of 5 Saturdays during the ski season showed the following results. Is there a significant difference in sales dollars of hats between the west side and east side stores at the 10 percent level of significance?   Saturday Sales Data ($) for Ski Hats Saturday East Side Shop West Side Shop 1 548 523 2 493 721 3 609 695 4 567 510 5 432 532       Click here for the Excel Data File     (b) State the decision rule for 10 percent level of significance. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)         (c-1) Find the test statistic tcalc. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign.)         (c-2) What is your conclusion?

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A ski company in Vail owns two ski shops, one on the west side and one on the east side of Vail. Ski hat sales data (in dollars) for a random sample of 5 Saturdays during the ski season showed the following results. Is there a significant difference in sales dollars of hats between the west side and east side stores at the 10 percent level of significance?
 

Saturday Sales Data ($) for Ski Hats
Saturday East Side Shop West Side Shop
1 548 523
2 493 721
3 609 695
4 567 510
5 432 532

 

 

  Click here for the Excel Data File
 
 
(b) State the decision rule for 10 percent level of significance. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
 
 

 


 
(c-1) Find the test statistic tcalc(Round your answer to 2 decimal places. A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign.)
 

 

 


 
(c-2) What is your conclusion?
 
 

 

 

 

  Ski Hat Sales on Five  Consecutive Saturdays (n = 5)
           
  Saturday East Side West Side    
  1 548 523    
  2 493 721    
  3 609 695    
  4 567 510    
  5 432 532    
           
 
 
     
 
   
     
     
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