In: Statistics and Probability
1. Hypothesis Test for Two Population Means, Independent Samples, Population Variances Unknown and Not Assumed to be Equal (5 points)
Group Statistics |
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Specialty |
N |
Mean |
Std. Deviation |
Std. Error Mean |
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Enrollment |
Research |
17 |
596.235 |
163.2362 |
39.5906 |
Primary Care |
16 |
481.500 |
179.3957 |
44.8489 |
Independent Samples Test |
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Levene's Test for Equality of Variances |
t-test for Equality of Means |
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F |
Sig. |
t |
df |
Sig. (2-tailed) |
Mean Difference |
Std. Error Difference |
90% Confidence Interval of the Difference |
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Lower |
Upper |
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Enrollment |
Equal variances assumed |
.077 |
.783 |
1.924 |
31 |
.064 |
114.7353 |
59.6475 |
13.6018 |
215.8688 |
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Equal variances not assumed |
1.918 |
30.260 |
.065 |
114.7353 |
59.8234 |
13.2271 |
216.2435 |
To include in your submission for Problem 1:
ü Copy and paste both tables into your Word document below your name. If needed, please adjust the size
of the tables so that they fit on the page.
ü Since we are not assuming that the variances are equal for this test, please remember to use the
“Equal variances not assumed” row to answer the questions regarding your hypotheses.
ü Then type in the answers to questions a-e below your output.
a. Type the hypotheses.
b. Type in the test statistics for this independent t-test from the SPSS output.
c. Type in the p-value found from the SPSS output.
d. Type in your decision regarding the null hypothesis.
e. Type in your conclusion using context and units from the problem.