Question

The

psychology department

of

Bahçeşehir University

conducted an investigation to determine how long it

takes for a woman or man to get married after their graduation in

Istanbul

. Two independent random samples

were selected and the following summary information concerning times to completion o

f

university

were

computed.

Men

Women

Sample Size

100

85

Sample Mean

8.8

8.4

Population

Variance

1

.96

2.25

a)

State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses to determine whether there is a

significant

difference

in time to completion of medical school between women and men.

b)

Perform the appropriate test of hypothesis to determine whether there is a significa

nt difference in time

to completion of medical school between women and men.

Use α

= 0.05.

c)

Find the p

-

value associated with the test in the second question and explain how to use it for testing the

hypothesis in the first question.

Not: You have to draw

the table to see which area that you have to calculate

Answer 1