A consultant for a large university studied the number of hours per week freshmen watch TV versus the number of hours seniors do. The results of this study follow. Is there enough evidence to show the mean number of hours per week freshmen watch TV is different fro

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A consultant for a large university studied the number of hours per week freshmen watch TV versus the number of hours seniors do. The results of this study follow. Is there enough evidence to show the mean number of hours per week freshmen watch TV is different from the mean number of hours seniors do at α=0.1?

 

  Freshmen Seniors
n 9 5
xbar 19.0 11.7
s 7.8740 3.9749

For the hypothesis statement above (in terms of Seniors - Freshmen), what is the decision?

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n1=9   n2=5x1¯=19.0  x2¯=11.7s1=7.8740   s2=3.9749α=0.1

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