Question: Home values tend to increase over time under normal conditions, but the recession of 2008 and 2009 has reportedly caused the sales price of existing

Home values tend to increase over time under normal conditions, but the recession of 2008 and 2009 has reportedly caused the sales price of existing homes to fall nationwide (BusinessWeek, March 9, 2009). You would like to see if the data support this conclusion. The WEBfile named HomePrices contains data on 30 existing home sales in 2006 and 40 existing home sales in 2009. Please round answers to the nearest dollar. Click on the webfile logo to reference the data.

2006 ($1000s)2009 ($1000s)
213100155400
226200189800
239100200800
214300280400
161700213200
181200181100
228600117400
222100130000
228900170000
235800149600
219400146200
23880054400
301800213800
264200186000
320200182100
315000180000
118900215700
172400164200
13750095300
212800239500
175400207200
311400188200
296900169400
292500185600
287700177000
246500178000
195600161200
155300249200
152400146400
21120099800
246700
173500
138100
112200
137500
147900
179000
116200
197500

164200

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a. Provide a point estimate of the difference between the population mean prices for the two years. $

b. Develop a 99% confidence interval estimate of the difference between the resale prices of houses in 2006 and 2009. $to $

c. Would you feel justified in concluding that resale prices of existing homes have declined from 2006 to 2009? Why or why not?

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