The average expenditure on Valentine's Day was expected to be $100.89 (USA Today, February 13, 2006). Do male and female consumers differ in the amounts they spend? The average expenditure in a sample survey of 40 male consumers was $140, and the average expenditure in a sample survey of 34 female consumers was $69. Based on past surveys, the standard deviation for male consumers is assumed to be $33, and the standard deviation for female consumers is assumed to be $20. The z value is 2.576 .
Round your answers to 2 decimal places.
a. What is the point estimate of the difference between the population mean expenditure for males and the population mean expenditure for females?
b. At 99% confidence, what is the margin of error?
c. Develop a 99% confidence interval for the
difference between the two population means.
a) point estimate of the difference between the population mean expenditure for males and the population mean expenditure for females =71.00
b)
margin of error =16.08
c)
99% confidence interval for the difference between the two population means =54.92 ; 87.08
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