In: Statistics and Probability
An instructor thinks that math majors can write and debug computer programs faster than the math majors. A sample of 18 business majors took an average of 39 minutes and a sample of 12 math majors took an average of 35 minutes. The standard deviations are 9 and 4 respectively. If the value of the test statistic is 1.44, is there evidence to support the claim? Assume that the variables are normally distributed and the population variances are equal. Use alpha= 0:1. Use the p - value approach. 1