Test Hypotheses Regarding the Difference of Two Independent Means
-Find $\mu _ { 1 } > \mu _ { 2 }$

question 8

Multiple Choice

Test Hypotheses Regarding the Difference of Two Independent Means
-Find the standardized test statistic to test the hypothesis that $\mu _ { 1 } > \mu _ { 2 }$ . Two samples are randomly selected from each population. The sample statistics are given below. Use $\alpha = 0.05$ .
$$\begin{array} { l l } \mathrm { n } _ { 1 } = 100 & \mathrm { n } _ { 2 } = 125 \\\overline { \mathrm { x } } 1 = 545 & \overline { \mathrm { x } _ { 2 } } = 530 \\\mathrm {~s} 1 = 45 & \mathrm {~s} _ { 2 } = 25\end{array}$$

• A) \(2.98\)
• B) \(2.81\)
• C) \(1.86\)
• D) \(0.91\)

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