The expenditures in dollars per pupil for states in three sections of the country are listed below. At α = 0.05, can it be concluded that there is a difference in spending between regions?

Perform these steps.
a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.
b. Find the critical value.
c. Compute the test value.
d. Make the decision.
e. Summarize the results.
Use the traditional method of hypothesis testing unless otherwise specified.

Eastern third Middle third Western third 6701 6708 9186 6786 9261 9854 8414 7279 7311 6947 7584 5474 6622 9673 7353