Data Were Collected on Annual Personal Time (In Hours) Taken

question 26

Multiple Choice

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
• E) 0.48

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