A Product Researcher Wants to Determine If There Is a Difference

question 61

Essay

A product researcher wants to determine if there is a difference in the rate at which men and women become proficient at using a new software package. A study of 51 men and 46 women produced the following results:
At α = 0.05, is there evidence of a statistically significant difference between the time it takes men to become proficient at this particular software compared to the time it takes women? Assume equal population variances.

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