A statistics teacher wants to see if there is any difference in the ability of students enrolled in statistics today and those that enrolled five years ago. A sample of final examination scores from students enrolled today and students enrolled five years ago was taken. You are given the following information.
Today | Five Years Ago | |
Mean Score | 82 | 88 |
Sample Standard Deviation | 112.5 | 54 |
Sample Size | 45 | `36 |
(a) Formulate the null and alternative hypotheses to test whether there is a difference between the means of the two populations.
(b) Compute the test statistic
(c) Using the critical approach, what is your conclusion? Let alpha (significance level) = .05
(d) Using the p-value approach, what is your conclusion? Let alpha (significance level) = .05
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