In: Statistics and Probability
Ten males and ten females were interviewed for a mid-level management position and their interview times were recorded in minutes . Shown below are descriptive statistics for the males and females. Your task is to determine of there was a significant difference in the average length of the interviews given to men and women.
Males. Females
N1=10 | N2=10 |
M1=36.5 | M2=37.5 (Upper-case M's ate used here in place of X-bar symbols for means |
S21=25.5. S22=25.3 (These are the sample variances) |
a. Give your obtained values of the test statistics=
b. give the critical values of the test statistics for the .05 level of significance=
c. Do the groups differ significantly? (Type YES or NO)
Since s1/s2 = 5.05 / 5.03 = 1.00 (it lies between 0.5 and 2) we used the pooled variance.
The degrees of freedom used is n1 + n2 - 2 = 10 + 10 -2 = 18 (since pooled variance is used)
The Hypothesis:
H0:
Ha:
This is a Two tailed test.
The Decision Rule: If t observed is > t criticalor If t observed is < -t critical, Then Reject H0.
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(a) The Test Statistic:
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(b) The Critical Values: The critical value (2 tail) at = 0.05, df = 18, tcritical = +2.1 and -2.1
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(c) The Decision: Since t lies in between +2.1 and -2.1, We Fail To Reject H0
The Conclusion: Therefore NO, the groups do not differ significantly.
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