20. Spending Patterns A study to investigate whether a student’s spending patterns depended on their gender focused on 196 employed high school seniors. Students were asked to classify the amount of their earnings that they spent on their car during a given month:

A portion of the MINITAB printout is given here.

a. Is there a significant difference in the spending patterns of high school seniors depending on their gender?
Test using a 5.05.

b. If significant differences exist, describe the nature of these differences.

None or About All or Only a Little Some Half Most Almost All Male 73 12 6 4 3 Female 57 15 11 9 6