Question

A medical researcher wants to compare the pulse rates of smokers and non-smokers. He believes that the pulse rate for smokers and non-smokers is different and wants to test this claim at the 0.05 level of significance. The researcher checks 72 smokers and finds that they have a mean pulse rate of 75, and 81 non-smokers have a mean pulse rate of 72. The standard deviation of the pulse rates is found to be 6 for smokers and 9 for non-smokers. Let μ1 be the true mean pulse rate for smokers and μ2 be the true mean pulse rate for non-smokers.

Step 1 of 4: State the null and alternative hypotheses for the test.

Step 2 of 4: Compute the value of the test statistic. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Step 3 of 4: Determine the decision rule for rejecting the null hypothesis H0H0. Round the numerical portion of your answer to two decimal places.

....reject H0 if

Step 4 of 4: Make the decision for the hypothesis test.

....reject null hypothesis...fail to reject null hypothesis

Answer 1