Create the null and alternative hypotheses for the following research problems! Some people believe that sons are taller than their fathers. Conduct a study to verify the theory!
There are two ways:
1) Independent sample t-test
Take the average of the sum of the height of fathers and sons and check for a significance level if the average height of sons is more than that of the fathers.
Null hypothesis: the average height of sons is greater than or equal to that of the average height of fathers.
Alternate hypothesis: the average height of sons is less than that of the average height of fathers.
2) Paired/dependent sample t-test
For each pair of father-son height calculate the differences for each pair and check if the mean difference is greater than 0 or not.
Null hypothesis: The average difference of the paired samples is greater than or equal to 0.
Alternate hypothesis: The average difference of the paired samples is less than to 0.
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