Question

Are college students who live in dormitories significantly more involved in campus life than students who commute to campus? The following data report the average number of hours per week students devote to extracurricular activities. Is the difference between these randomly selected samples of commuter and residential students significant? Use the five-step model to answer your question. Be sure to include each step in the write up of your answer (see pages 220 -221 and the Applying Statistics 9.1 box on page 222). Make sure you include a sentence or two interpreting your results in step 5. Group 1 Group 2 X1 = 8.7 X2 = 5.7 s1 = 0.3 s2 = 1.1 N1 = 89 N2 = 55

Answer 1