In: Statistics and Probability
            A sociologist studied random samples of full-time employees in
a particular occupation – six women and...
                
            
- A sociologist studied random samples of full-time employees in
a particular occupation – six women and six men – to determine
whether gender has an influence on the average (mean) number of
hours worked per day. She obtained the following results:
 
      
   
Women               
Men  
               
10                     
12
                
9                       
9
                
7                       
8
                
4                      
10
                
9                      
11
      
         
6                       
7     
Use a .01 alpha level to test whether
there is a gender difference in the mean number of hours worked,
and answer the following questions:
- Is this a one-tailed or two tailed test? How do you know?
 
- What is the critical value of the test statistic?
 
- What is the obtained value of the test statistic?
 
- What decision about the null hypothesis does your test lead
to?
 
- What does this indicate about gender differences in hours
worked among the population working in this occupation?
 
- Would your decision be different if you used an alpha level of
.05? Explain.