A recent study focused on the number of times men and women who live alone buy take-out dinner in a month. Assume that the distributions follow the normal probability distribution and the population standard deviations are equal. The information is summarized in the following table. Statistic Men Women Sample mean 24.51 22.69 Sample standard deviation 4.48 3.86 Sample size 35 40 At the 0.01 significance level, is there a difference in the mean number of times men and women order take-out dinners in a month? Required: Compute the test statistic? Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places. 2. Compute the p-value?  Note: Round your answer to 4 decimal places.

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A recent study focused on the number of times men and women who live alone buy take-out dinner in a month. Assume that the distributions follow the normal probability distribution and the population standard deviations are equal. The information is summarized in the following table.

Statistic Men Women
Sample mean 24.51 22.69
Sample standard deviation 4.48 3.86
Sample size 35 40

At the 0.01 significance level, is there a difference in the mean number of times men and women order take-out dinners in a month?

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  1. Compute the test statistic?

    Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places.

    2. Compute the p-value? 

    Note: Round your answer to 4 decimal places.

     
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