Answered: 2. Ms. Palac, a sociologist, made a…

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Concept explainers

Question

2. Ms. Palac, a sociologist, made a study on the age in years of a woman at the time of her first marriage. She randomly selected a sample of 24 and 21 married women from Village A and Village B, respectively. The following data are the mean and standard deviation for each group:

Village A: x = 18.63 and s = 5.54

Village B: x = 24.90 and s = 5.54

Test the hypothesis that the women in Village A get married younger than women in Village B. Use 0.10 significance level.

Step 1: Null and Alternative Hypothesis

Ho: Ha:

Step 2: Level of Significance and appropriate test statistic

Step 3: Determine the Critical Region

Degrees of Freedom (df):

Critical Region:

Step 4: Compute the z or t value

Computations:

Step 5: Decide whether to accept or reject Ho Step 6: Conclusion

Expert Solution

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Knowledge Booster

$Point Estimation, Limit Theorems, Approximations, and Bounds$

Learn more about

Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, statistics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.

Similar questions