The owner of Bun N Run Hamburgers wishes to compare the sales per day at two locations.
Question:
The owner of Bun ‘N’ Run Hamburgers wishes to compare the sales per day at two locations. The mean number sold for 10 randomly selected days at the Northside site was 83.55, and the standard deviation was 10.50. For a random sample of 12 days at the Southside location, the mean number sold was 78.80 and the standard deviation was 14.25. At the .05 significance level, is there a difference in the mean number of hamburgers sold at the two locations?
a. What are the null and alternate hypotheses?
b. Compute the test statistic.
c. Compute the p-value.
d. What is your decision regarding the null hypothesis?
e. Interpret the result.
Step by Step Answer:
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Statistical Techniques In Business And Economics
ISBN: 9781260239478
18th Edition
Authors: Douglas Lind, William Marchal, Samuel Wathen
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