The following data on annual rates of return were collected from eleven randomly selected stocks listed on

Question:

The following data on annual rates of return were collected from eleven randomly selected stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“the big board”) and twelve randomly selected stocks listed on NASDAQ. Assume the population standard deviations are the same. At the .10 significance level, can we conclude that the annual rates of return are higher on the big board?
NYSE..................................................................... NASDAQ
15.0........................................................................ 8.8
10.7........................................................................ 6.0
20.2........................................................................ 14.4
18.6......................................................................... 19.1
19.1........................................................................ 17.6
8.7........................................................................ 17.8
17.8........................................................................ 15.9
13.8........................................................................ 17.9
22.7........................................................................ 21.6
14.0........................................................................... 6.0
26.1........................................................................ 11.9
........................................................................23.4

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Stocks or shares are generally equity instruments that provide the largest source of raising funds in any public or private listed company's. The instruments are issued on a stock exchange from where a large number of general public who are willing...