Question: Do men really spend more money on St. Patricks Day as compared to women? A recent survey found that men spend an average of $43.87

Do men really spend more money on St. Patrick’s Day as compared to women? A recent survey found that men spend an average of $43.87 while women spend an average of $29.54 (USA Today, March 17, 2009). Assume that these data were based on a sample of 100 men and 100 women and the population standard deviations of spending for men and women are $32 and $25, respectively.

a. Specify the competing hypotheses to determine whether men spend more money than women spend on St. Patrick’s Day.

b. Calculate the value of the test statistic.

c. Calculate the p-value.

d. At the 1% significance level, do men spend more money than women spend on St. Patrick’s day? Explain.


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