Question: Scores in the first and fourth (final) rounds for a sample of 20 golfers who competed in golf tournaments are shown in the following table.

Scores in the first and fourth (final) rounds for a sample of 20 golfers who competed in golf tournaments are shown in the following table.

Player First Round Final Round
Golfer 1 70 72
Golfer 2 71 72
Golfer 3 70 73
Golfer 4 72 71
Golfer 5 70 69
Golfer 6 67 67
Golfer 7 71 67
Golfer 8 68 75
Golfer 9 67 71
Golfer 10 70 69
Player First Round Final Round
Golfer 11 72 72
Golfer 12 72 70
Golfer 13 70 73
Golfer 14 70 76
Golfer 15 68 70
Golfer 16 68 66
Golfer 17 71 70
Golfer 18 70 68
Golfer 19 69 68
Golfer 20 67 71

Suppose you would like to determine if the mean score for the first round of a golf tournament event is significantly different than the mean score for the fourth and final round. Does the pressure of playing in the final round cause scores to go up? Or does the increased player concentration cause scores to come down?(a)Use

= 0.10

to test for a statistically significantly difference between the population means for first- and fourth-round scores.

Calculate the value of the test statistic. (Round your answer to three decimal places.) Calculate the p-value. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

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