Sony Would Like to Test the Hypothesis That the Average $\bar { x }$

question 24

Multiple Choice

Sony would like to test the hypothesis that the average age of a PlayStation user is different from the average age of an Xbox user. A random sample of 36 PlayStation users had an average age of 34.2 years while a random sample of 30 Xbox users had an average age of 32.7 years. Assume that the population standard deviation for the age of PlayStation and Xbox users is 3.9 and 4.0 years, respectively. Sony would like to set ? = 0.10. If Population 1 is defined as PlayStation users and Population 2 is defined as Xbox users, the test statistic for this hypothesis test would be .

• A)z\(\bar { x }\) = 1.53
• B)z\(\bar { x }\) = 2.04
• C)z\(\bar { x }\) = - 1.27
• D)z\(\bar { x }\) = - 2.30

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