In: Statistics and Probability
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 31.9  | 
 32.1  | 
 39.1  | 
 36.6  | 
 24.2  | 
| 
 38.8  | 
 21.9  | 
 36.2  | 
 26.9  | 
 35.5  | 
| 
 33.8  | 
 28.0  | 
 35.4  | 
 31.9  | 
 29.6  | 
| 
 27.7  | 
 37.1  | 
 36.8  | 
 36.9  | 
 28.5  | 
| 
 35.4  | 
 28.7  | 
 30.5  | 
 34.3  | 
 34.2  | 
| 
 35.9  | 
 30.0  | 
 32.6  | 
 33.0  | 
 35.7  | 
| 
 28.7  | 
 33.8  | 
 30.2  | 
 41.1  | 
 25.3  | 
Recently a similar study was conducted. The results are shown below.
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 44.7  | 
 55.0  | 
 49.4  | 
 51.3  | 
 45.4  | 
| 
 47.2  | 
 41.1  | 
 42.2  | 
 54.8  | 
 50.0  | 
| 
 47.1  | 
 51.0  | 
 43.0  | 
 42.9  | 
 49.8  | 
| 
 51.5  | 
 52.8  | 
 49.6  | 
 39.0  | 
 48.6  | 
| 
 54.6  | 
 44.7  | 
 47.2  | 
 40.2  | 
 47.9  | 
| 
 58.0  | 
 46.7  | 
 52.0  | 
 48.7  | 
 54.4  | 
| 
 45.5  | 
 41.1  | 
 46.6  | 
 45.6  | 
 50.0  | 
At α = 0.05, do middle school boys study more today than in 1981? You can assume that the population approaches a normal distribution.
From the given data

(1) Null and Alternative Hypothesis:
H0: Middle school boys study is not more today than in 1981
H1: Middle school boys study is more today than in 1981
i.e.


Thus we conclude that middle school boys study is more today than in 1981