In: Statistics and Probability
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In the spreadsheet "Salary Data" you see sample salaries of employees that were randomly selected from two departments of a company. Assuming that the populations are distributed normally, conduct the appropriate test to determine whether the average salaries are different between these two departments (alpha = .05). Develop the hypotheses and report your conclusion. |
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| Department A | Department B |
| 51000 | 48000 |
| 54000 | 54000 |
| 53000 | 46000 |
| 54000 | 48000 |
| 47000 | 55000 |
| 46000 | 52000 |
| 54000 | 51000 |
| 52000 | 46000 |
| 50000 | 51000 |
| 48000 | 48000 |
| 48000 | 53000 |
| 50000 | 47000 |
| 51000 | 51000 |
| 48000 | 45000 |
| 52000 | 52000 |
| 55000 | 46000 |
| 54000 | 54000 |
| 48000 | 47000 |
| 52000 | 52000 |
| 54000 | 47000 |
| 50000 | 47000 |
| 49000 | 49000 |
| 49000 | 53000 |
| 50000 | 49000 |
| 55000 | 46000 |
| 53000 | 53000 |
| 45000 | 47000 |
| 51000 | 54000 |
| 55000 | 53000 |
| 53000 | 53000 |
| 50000 | |
| 52000 | |
| 54000 |
NULL HYPOTHESIS H0: 
ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS Ha: 
alpha=0.05
By using SPSS we have

From Independent sample test we can see that Equal variances are assumed since p value is greater than 0.05.
t= 1.651
P value = 0.104
Since P value is greater than 0.05 therefore NOT SIGNIFICANT.
DECISION: DO NOT REJECT H0.
Conclusion: WE DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THERE IS DIFFERENCE IN SALARIES.