A Random Sample of 100 Male Employees of a Retail

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Essay

A random sample of 100 male employees of a retail store results in a mean monthly salary of $530 with astandard deviation of $44. An independent random sample of 125 female employees of the same store results ina mean monthly salary of $515 with a standard deviation of $25. Does this constitute sufficient evidence toconclude that the mean monthly salary for male employees of the store is higher than the mean monthly salaryfor female employees of the store? Use the α = 0.01 level of significance.

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