Independent random samples of patients who had received knee and hip replacement were asked to assess the quality of service on a scale from 1 (low) to 7 (high). For a sample of 83 knee patients, the mean rating was 6.543 and the sample standard deviation was 0.649. For a sample of 54 hip patients, the mean rating was 6.733 and the sample standard deviation was 0.425. Test, against a two-sided alternative, the null hypothesis that the population mean ratings for these two types of patients are the same.