Calculate the Standard Error for the Difference Between Two Independent

question 7

Multiple Choice

Calculate the standard error for the difference between two independent means.
-Data were collected on annual personal time (in hours) taken by a random sample of 16
Women and 7 men employed by a medium sized company. The women took an average of 24.75 hours of personal time per year with a standard deviation of 2.84 hours. The men
Took an average of 21.89 hours of personal time per year with a standard deviation of 3.29
Hours. The standard error of the sampling distribution for the difference between the two
Means is

• A) 2.05
• B) 5.02
• C) 2.24
• D) 1.43

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