a. Compute the sample mean and sample standard deviation for private and public colleges. Round your answers to two decimal places. = = = = b. What is the point estimate of the difference between the two population means? Round your answer to one decimal place. Interpret this value in terms of the annual cost of attending private and public colleges. The mean annual cost to attend private colleges is $ - Select your answer - than the mean annual cost to attend public colleges. c. Develop a confidence interval of the difference between the mean annual cost of attending private and public colleges. confidence interval, private colleges have a population mean annual cost $ to $ more expensive than public colleges.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the growth in annual cost to attend college (including tuition, room, board, books, and fees) has outpaced inflation for several decades. The following random samples show the annual cost of attending private and public colleges. Data are in thousands of dollars. Click on the datafile logo to reference the data. Round degrees of freedom to the preceding whole number. Click on the datafile logo to reference the data. DATA [fii Private Colleges 52.8 43.2 45.0 33.3 44.0 30.6 45.8 37.8 50.5 42.0 Public Colleges 20.3 22.0 28.2 15.6 24.1 28.5 22.8 25.8 18.5 25.6 14.4 21.8 a. Compute the sample mean and sample standard deviation for private and public colleges. Round your answers to two decimal places. = b. What is the point estimate of the difference between the two population means? Round your answer to one decimal place. Interpret this value in terms of the annual cost of attending private and public colleges. The mean annual cost to attend private colleges is $ - Select your answer - + | than the mean annual cost to attend public colleges. c. Develop 3 95% confidence interval of the difference between the mean annual cost of attending private and public colleges. 95% confidence interval, private colleges have a population mean annual cost $ to $ more expensive than public colleges