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Perform a two-sample t-test to determine if the average analytic GRE scores for males and females...

  1. Perform a two-sample t-test to determine if the average analytic GRE scores for males and females are significantly different (use α = 0.05).  Be sure to report the test statistic and p-value.
ID Gender Ethnicity Age Science Type Student Status Verbal GRE Quantitative GRE Analytic GRE College GPA Graduate GPA
1 Female White 24 Social Full Time 450 500 550 3.14 3.42
2 Female White 25 Social Full Time 480 580 450 3.11 3.34
3 Female White 30 Social Full Time 610 650 680 3.62 3.79
4 Female White 30 Social Full Time 540 550 560 3.15 3.46
5 Male White 31 Social Full Time 650 570 610 3.39 3.78
6 Male White 33 Social Full Time 690 640 680 3.54 3.74
7 Male White 32 Social Full Time 700 600 600 3.46 3.86
8 Male White 34 Social Full Time 580 520 530 3.45 3.49
9 Female White 27 Social Part Time 500 640 450 3.24 3.57
10 Female White 30 Social Part Time 490 740 590 3.26 3.48
11 Male White 26 Social Part Time 390 650 550 3.4 3.59
12 Female White 26 Physical Full Time 500 480 550 3.29 3.39
13 Female White 34 Physical Full Time 630 710 720 3.68 3.9
14 Female White 32 Physical Full Time 640 620 630 3.64 3.87
15 Female White 32 Physical Full Time 520 480 540 3.28 3.54
16 Male White 23 Physical Full Time 610 560 540 3.21 3.52
17 Male White 28 Physical Full Time 650 560 480 3.18 3.54
18 Male White 30 Physical Full Time 610 520 670 3.64 3.87
19 Female White 32 Physical Part Time 510 700 670 3.58 3.77
20 Female White 28 Physical Part Time 420 750 520 3.56 3.86
21 Female White 32 Physical Part Time 460 750 560 3.47 3.69
22 Female White 29 Physical Part Time 480 740 560 3.62 3.78
23 Female Black 24 Social Full Time 420 590 490 3.15 3.43
24 Female Black 28 Social Full Time 580 590 610 3.54 3.78
25 Female Black 29 Social Full Time 620 650 600 3.54 3.85
26 Male Black 30 Social Full Time 620 540 560 3.45 3.75
27 Female Black 29 Social Part Time 640 660 630 3.45 3.78
28 Male White 31 Social Part Time 640 540 540 3.38 3.69
29 Female Black 27 Physical Full Time 580 560 540 3.46 3.68
30 Female Black 32 Physical Full Time 600 600 580 3.37 3.76
31 Male Black 33 Physical Full Time 680 610 640 3.5 3.64
32 Male Black 26 Physical Part Time 400 600 520 3.39 3.53
33 Male Black 24 Physical Part Time 530 540 560 3.34 3.53
34 Male Black 31 Physical Part Time 500 510 520 3.2 3.31
35 Male Asian 28 Social Full Time 610 570 600 3.4 3.75
36 Male Asian 26 Social Part Time 580 510 560 3.26 3.41
37 Female Asian 24 Physical Full Time 490 550 560 3.31 3.5
38 Female Asian 29 Physical Full Time 520 530 580 3.45 3.65
39 Female Asian 35 Physical Full Time 640 720 680 3.75 3.6
40 Female Asian 31 Physical Full Time 600 550 550 3.34 3.46
41 Male Other 25 Social Full Time 580 520 530 3.33 3.43
42 Male Other 26 Social Full Time 550 530 580 3.42 3.58
43 Female Other 25 Physical Full Time 430 560 480 3.22 3.46
44 Female Other 36 Physical Full Time 650 700 720 3.5 3.75

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analytic GRE scores for males and females

Male Analytic GRE Female Analytic GRE
610 550
680 450
600 680
530 560
550 450
540 590
480 550
670 720
560 630
540 540
640 670
520 520
560 560
520 560
600 490
560 610
530 600
580 630
540
580
560
580
680
550
480
720
Mean 570.5555556 578.8461538
SD 53.84861375 73.93656325


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