Consider the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 17

Multiple Choice

Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
Data were collected on annual personal time (in hours) taken by a random sample of 16 women and 7 men employed by a medium sized company. The women took an average of 24.75 hours of personal time per year with a standard deviation of 2.84 hours. The men took an average of 21.86 hours with a standard deviation of 3.29 hours. The Human Resources Department believes that women tend to take more personal time than men because they tend to be the primary child care givers in the family.
-The correct value of the test statistic is

• A) t = 2.02.
• B) t = - 1.997.
• C) t = 0.458.
• D) t = 4.02.
• E) t = - 4.02.

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