Last Year,during an Investigation of the Time Spent Reading Emails

question 69

Essay

Last year,during an investigation of the time spent reading emails on a daily basis,researchers found that on Monday the average time was 50 minutes.Office workers claim that with the increased spam and junk mail,this time has now increased.To conduct a test,a sample of 25 employees is selected,with the following results: sample mean = 51.05 minutes and sample standard deviation = 4.42 minutes.Calculate the appropriate test statistic to test the hypothesis that the time has increased from last year.

---

Definitions:

Visual Cortex

The part of the cerebral cortex that receives and processes sensory nerve impulses from the eyes, crucial for visual perception.

Auditory Information

Sounds and verbal instructions that are perceived through the ear and processed by the auditory pathways of the brain.

Verbal

Relating to or in the form of words, often used to describe communication methods.

Paralyzed

Paralyzed describes a loss of muscle function in part of the body, often as a result of damage to the nervous system.