12th Edition

ISBN: 9781285528830

Author: David R. Anderson

Publisher: Cengage Learning US

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Chapter 18.3, Problem 19E

Samples of starting annual salaries for individuals entering the public accounting and financial planning professions follow. Annual salaries are shown in thousands of dollars.

Public Accountant	Financial Planner
50.2	49.0
58.8	49.2
56.3	53.1
58.2	55.9
54.2	51.9
55.0	53.6
50.9	49.7
59.5	53.9
57.0	51.8
51.9	48.9

a. Use a .05 level of significance and test the hypothesis that there is no difference between the starting annual salaries of public accountants and financial planners. What is your conclusion?
b. What are the sample median annual salaries for the two professions?

Definition Definition Middle value of a data set. The median divides a data set into two halves, and it also called the 50th percentile. The median is much less affected by outliers and skewed data than the mean. If the number of elements in a dataset is odd, then the middlemost element of the data arranged in ascending or descending order is the median. If the number of elements in the dataset is even, the average of the two central elements of the arranged data is the median of the set. For example, if a dataset has five items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31—the median is the third item in ascending order, or 21. If a dataset has six items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31, 33—the median is the average of the third (21) and fourth (27) items. It is calculated as follows: (21 + 27) / 2 = 24.

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Chapter 18 Solutions

Statistics for Business & Economics

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