You Are Conducting a Study to Compare the Characteristics of Women

question 60

Multiple Choice

You are conducting a study to compare the characteristics of women and men in senior executive positions at major US corporations.Samples of four senior executive men and four senior executive women are selected.At a 5% significance level, you use a t-test assuming equal population variances to test the null hypothesis that the average time before promotion is the same for men and women.Report the critical value for t (t_c) that should be used in the test.

• A)2.447
• B)2.306
• C)3.707
• D)3.355

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