A student claims that professional male basketball players are taller, on average, than college male basketball players. To investigate this claim, the student selects a random sample of 30 professional basketball players and 30 college basketball players. The mean height of the sample of professional male basketball players is 76 inches with a standard deviation of 3.5 inches. The mean height of the sample of college male basketball players is 74.5 inches with a standard deviation of 5.5 inches. The student would like to determine if there is convincing evidence that the true mean height of all professional male basketball players is greater than the true mean height of all college male basketball players. The hypotheses H0: μ1 – μ2 = 0, Ha: μ1 – μ2 > 0are tested, where μ1 = the true mean height of all professional male basketball players and μ2 = the true mean height of all college male basketball players. The conditions for inference have been met. The standardized test statistic is t = 1.26, and the P-value is between 0.10 and 0.15. What conclusion should be made using the significance level, a= 0.05?
Reject H0. There is convincing evidence that the true mean height of all professional male basketball players is greater than the true mean height of all college male basketball players.
Reject H0. There is not convincing evidence that the true mean height of all professional male basketball players is greater than the true mean height of all college male basketball players.
Fail to reject H0. There is convincing evidence that the true mean height of all professional male basketball players is greater than the true mean height of all college male basketball players.
Fail to reject H0. There is not convincing evidence that the true mean height of all professional male basketball players is greater than the true mean height of all college male basketball players.
