A Certain Psychological Theory Predicts That Men Want Bigger Families

question 67

Multiple Choice

A certain psychological theory predicts that men want bigger families than women.Kate asked each student in her psychology class how many children he or she considered ideal for a married couple,and obtained the Excel results shown below at  = .05. What conclusion can you draw in a two-tailed test at  = .05?

• A) Men want larger families on average than women.
• B) Women want larger families on average than men.
• C) We cannot reject the hypothesis of equal population means.
• D) The decision depends on whether or not the variances are equal.

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