Do Government Employees Take Longer Tea Breaks Than Private-Sector Workers

question 41

Essay

Do government employees take longer tea breaks than private-sector workers? That is the question that interested a management consultant. To examine the issue, he took a random sample of nine government employees and another random sample of nine private-sector workers and measured the amount of time (in minutes) they spent in tea breaks during the day. The results are listed below. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Government } \\\text { employees }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Private sector } \\\text { workers }\end{array} \\\hline 23 & 25 \\\hline 18 & 19 \\\hline 34 & 18 \\\hline 31 & 22 \\\hline 28 & 28 \\\hline 33 & 25 \\\hline 25 & 21 \\\hline 27 & 21 \\\hline 32 & 30 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Do these data provide sufficient evidence at the 5% significance level to answer the consultant's question in the affirmative?

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Definitions:

Beginning Finished Goods Inventory

The value of a company's completed products ready for sale at the start of an accounting period.

Cost Of Goods Sold

The total cost directly linked to the production or purchase of goods that have been sold in a period.

Ending Finished Goods Inventory

The value of products available for sale at the end of an accounting period, after all manufacturing costs are accounted for.

Fixed

Refers to something that is unchanging and stable, often used in the context of expenses or assets that do not vary with production volume.