Undergraduates' Test Scores 35 Undergraduate Students Who Completed Two Years

question 55

Essay

Undergraduates' Test Scores 35 undergraduate students who completed two years of college were asked to take a basic mathematics test. The mean and standard deviation of their scores were 75.1 and 12.8, respectively. In a random sample of 50 students who only completed high school, the mean and standard deviation of the test scores were 72.1 and 14.6, respectively {Undergraduates' Test Scores Narrative} Can we infer at the 10% significance level that a difference exists between the two groups?

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