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A researcher was interested in whether the female students who enrolled in her stats course were more interested in the topic than the males. The researcher obtained a random sample of 8 male and 8 female students and gathered their scores on an Interest in Statistical Topics (IST) Survey.
Girls’ IST scores: 21, 37, 22, 20, 22, 20, 22, 21
Boys’ IST scores: 20, 20, 20, 21, 21, 20, 23, 21
Test the researcher’s hypothesis using α =.05
Please show answer testing for equal variances.