Question

The Urban Institute in Washington, DC published an article on child-care expenses in American families. According to the report, child-care expenses for a single-parent family are less compared to two-parent families. A random sample of 500 single-parent households had a yearly average child-care expense of $258 with a sample standard deviation of $55. Another random sample of 400 two-parent households showed the average yearly child-care expense to be $297 with a sample standard deviation of $50. Perform a hypothesis test to test the Urban Institutes claim at level of confidence α = 0.10.

Choose from:

A) p-value = 0, do not reject the null hypothesis,

B) p-value = 1, reject the null hypothesis.

C) p-value = 0, reject the null hypothesis.

D) p-value = 1, do not reject the null hypothesis.

Answer 1