In: Statistics and Probability
While playing the role of Catherine Piper on Boston Legal,
Betty White “killed” the character of...
- While playing the role of Catherine Piper on Boston Legal,
Betty White “killed” the character of Bernard Ferrion (played by
Leslie Jordan). Catherine ended being found not guilty, but it led
Betty to wonder: are men and women treated differently when
convicted of murder? As a result, Betty took two random samples of
convicted murderers, given below, and determined how long the
sentences were.
Men: 25, 30, 50, 25, 20, 30, 40, 25, 30, 25, 75, 25, 15
Women: 25, 15, 20, 15, 20, 25, 15, 30, 25, 40
You may assume the data comes from normal distributions. At the
.05 level of significance, is there evidence to show that men get
longer sentences for murder than women?