Is the average amount of time spent sleeping each day different
between male and female students?
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Is the average amount of time spent sleeping each day differentbetween male and female students?
Which hypothesis test is the most appropriate to use in thisproblem? Why? (Note: if you are doing a 2-sample t-test, make sureyou state which one you are doing and why.) If the test you chosehas a t-statistic, report it here with degrees of freedom. If itdoes not, state that the test you chose does not have atest-statistic. Give and interpret an appropriate 95% confidenceinterval for the difference in population mean time spent sleepingeach day between male and female students.
sex
sleep
Female
540
Male
420
Female
450
Female
420
Female
480
Female
420
Male
400
Male
420
Female
480
Female
480
Male
360
Female
500
Female
270
Female
480
Male
540
Female
420
Male
360
Male
420
Male
480
Male
480
Male
420
Male
560
Male
280
Male
570
Male
480
Male
480
Male
420
Male
420
Male
480
Male
360
Male
480
Male
480
Female
360
Male
480
Male
480
Female
480
Male
Female
480
Male
465
Male
500
Male
420
Male
420
Female
600
Female
480
Female
420
Female
480
Female
480
Male
480
Female
480
Female
480
Female
300
Female
540
Female
420
Male
480
Female
480
Female
360
Female
480
Male
480
Male
450
Male
420
Male
480
Male
Female
540
Female
420
Male
450
Male
360
Female
480
Male
360
Male
540
Female
480
Male
420
Male
480
Male
240
Female
480
Male
420
Female
420
Female
450
Female
380
Male
540
Female
480
Female
Male
Male
480
Male
420
Female
420
Male
360
Female
540
Male
420
Male
480
Male
420
Female
450
Male
480
Female
Female
480
Male
560
Male
480
Male
540
Male
420
Male
480
Male
480
Female
450
Female
480
Female
450
Female
420
Female
480
Male
420
Female
540
Female
480
Male
Male
360
Female
720
Female
480
Male
300
Male
360
Male
420
Female
420
Male
540
Male
480
Female
480
Male
420
Male
420
Male
480
Female
360
Female
460
Female
480
Male
420
Female
420
Male
480
Male
360
Male
480
Female
420
Female
420
Female
490
Female
450
Male
460
Male
540
Male
450
Male
400
Female
360
Male
420
Male
500
Female
420
Male
390
Male
450
Male
500
Female
480
Male
540
Male
480
Male
540
Female
480
Male
480
Male
Female
500
Female
600
Male
540
Male
480
Female
600
Female
420
Female
480
Male
420
Male
480
Female
300
Male
420
Male
400
Female
330
Male
390
Male
Male
480
Female
480
Male
450
Male
420
Male
420
Male
480
Female
480
Female
450
Female
480
Female
420
Male
420
Male
480
Female
390
Female
360
Male
450
Male
480
Female
480
Female
480
Male
380
Male
360
Female
480
Male
420
Female
420
Male
360
Male
440
Male
Male
390
Female
420
Female
720
Female
480
Female
480
Female
480
Female
420
Female
360
Male
480
Male
420
Male
400
Male
480
Female
420
Male
480
Female
420
Female
480
Male
300
Male
480
Female
300
Female
450
Female
480
Male
450
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a Hypothesis test Since the population standard deviation is not known we conduct t test for independent samples Female n 94 xbar 45723 s 7185 Male n 112 xbar 44496 s 6055 Data n1 94 n2 112 x1bar 45723 x2bar 44496 s1 7185 s2 6055 Hypotheses Ho 1 2 Ha 1 2 Decision Rule 005 Degrees of freedom 94 112 2 204 Lower
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