For the data set provided, answer the following questions:

1. What is the appropriate statistical test to compare the means of Gender groups on the continuous variable Albumin Level?
2. Formulate a research question and the null hypothesis for test you identified in previous question. Also, state the possible alternative hypotheses.
3. What are the assumptions underlying the test you identified in Question-1?
4. Assume that a is set to 0.05 for a two-tailed test and the estimated p-value is 0.2388. What do you conclude?

(A sample datasheet is provided as an attachment.)

cose_le e GFR 72 1.8 61 3.8 38 00 3.8 14 3.9 66 6 2.8 37 6 3.9 10 3.9 4 3.7 15 3.9 10 3.6 on 3.8 12 2 2 2 2 3.9 39 3.9 16 3.3 19 00 3.5 25 3.9 53 3.8 8 PatientID Year Month Gender noking_stat Townsend Marital_statusangth_of_sti Re-admissality_Mortalit Management Age 1 2017 Feb male current Most deprived Single 38 No No No Insulin 2 2017 Feb female ex-smoker Most deprived Not recorded 22 No No No Drugs 69 3 2017 Feb female non-smoke Third quintile Married 37 Yes No Yes Insulin 4 2017 Feb female current Fourth quintile Divorced 5 No No No Drugs 78 5 2017 Feb female ex-smoker Missing Married 7 No No No Insulin 77 2017 Feb male ex-smoker Third quintile Married 4 Yes No No Diet 54 7 2017 Feb female current Third quintile Married 2 Yes No No Insulin 53 8 2017 Feb female ex-smoker Second quintile Not recorded 4 No No No Insulin 58 9 2017 Feb female non-smoke Third quintile Married 11 No No No Insulin 53 10 2017 Feb male non-smoke Second quintile Married 18 Yes Yes Insulin 71 11 2017 Feb male ex-smoker Second quintile Not recorded 72 No No Insulin 60 12 2017 Feb female non-smoke Third quintile Not recorded 10 No Yes Diet 92 13 2017 Feb female non-smoke Third quintile Not recorded 8 Yes No Drugs and in: 65 14 2017 Feb male non-smoke Second quintile Not recorded 11 No Yes Yes Insulin 73 15 2017 Feb male non-smoke Least deprived Not recorded 18 Yes No No Drugs 16 2017 Feb female ex-smoker Fourth quintile Not recorded 74 Yes No Yes Drugs and in: 72 17 2017 Feb male non-smoke Third quintile Not recorded 9 Yes No No Insulin 56 18 2017 Feb male ex-smoker Missing Married 29 No No No Drugs 68 19 2017 Feb male non-smoke Third quintile Not recorded 8 No No No Drugs 76 20 2017 Feb male non-smoke Fourth quintile Married 15 No No No Drugs 72 21 2018 Feb male ex-smoker Least deprived Not recorded 29 No No No Drugs and in: 77 22 2018 Feb female ex-smoker Fourth quintile Not recorded 8 Yes No No Drugs 84 23 2018 Feb female non-smoke Missing Married 2 No Yes Insulin 79 24 2018 Feb male non-smoke Fourth quintile Not recorded 6 Yes No No Insulin 75 25 2018 Feb female non-smoke Fourth quintile Not recorded 54 No No No Insulin 58 26 2018 Feb female non-smoke Least deprived Not recorded 10 No No No Drugs 75 27 2018 Feb male non-smoke Most de prived Not recorded 60 No Yes Yes Insulin 53 28 2018 Feb male ex-smoker Fourth quintile Married 3 No No No Insulin 53 29 2018 Feb male ex-smoker Third quintile Not recorded 53 No No No Insulin 49 30 2017 Mar male ex-smoker Third quintile Not recorded 27 No No No Insulin 62 31 2017 Mar female ex-smoker Most deprived Not recorded 3 No No No Insulin 41 32 2017 Mar female non-smoke Third quintile Married 4 Yes No Insulin 78 33 2017 Mar male ex-smoker Third quintile Divorced 2 No Yes Yes Diet 88 34 2017 Mar female non-smoke Second quintile Not recorded 6 No No No Insulin 57 35 2017 Mar female current Most deprived Single 35 No No No Insulin 62 36 2017 Mar male non-smoke Least deprived Not recorded 6 No No No Insulin 52 3.2 64 3.8 64 3.5 66 3.7 53 3.2 65 Yes 3.9 22 3.8 8 3 12 3.7 57 1.9 11 3.9 57 3.4 75 3.3 50 3.2 62 Yes 3.4 28 2.7 7 3.7 8 1.8 62 3.1 14