A Simple Random Sample of Ten Firms Was Asked How

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Essay

A simple random sample of ten firms was asked how much money (in thousands of dollars) they spent on employee training programs this year and how much they plan to spend on these programs next year. The data are shown below. $$\begin{array} { l r r r r r r r r r r } \text { Firm } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 10 \\\text { This year } & 25 & 31 & 12 & 15 & 21 & 36 & 18 & 5 & 9 & 17 \\\text { Next year } & 21 & 30 & 18 & 20 & 22 & 36 & 20 & 10 & 8 & 15\end{array}$$ Assume that the populations of amount spent on employee training programs are normally distributed.
Can we infer at the 5% significance level that more money will be spent on employee training programs next year than this year?

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