Consider the Following Hypothesis Test:
μ1 - μ2 ≤ 0

question 37

Short Answer

Consider the following hypothesis test:
μ1 - μ2 ≤ 0
μ1 - μ2 > 0
The following results are for two independent samples taken from two populations.
$\begin{array}{lcc}&\text { Sample 1 } &\text { Sample 2 } \\\text { Sample Size } & 35 & 37 \\\text { Sample Mean } & 43 & 37 \\\text { Sample Variance } & 140 & 170\end{array}$
a. Determine the degrees of freedom for the t distribution.
b. Compute the test statistic.
c. Determine the p-value and test the above hypotheses.

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