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pantera1 [17]
3 years ago
12

The local branch of the Internal Revenue Service spent an average of 21 minutes helping each of 10 people prepare their tax retu

rns. The standard deviation was 5.6 minutes. A volunteer tax preparer spent an average of 27 minutes helping 14 people prepare their taxes. The standard deviation was 4.3 minutes. At α = 0.02, is there a difference in the average time spent by the two services? Find the 98% confidence interval for the two means.
a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.
b. Find the critical value(s).
c. Compute the test value.
d. Make the decision.
Mathematics
1 answer:
AURORKA [14]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

The confidence Interval is [- 0.7053  10.4521]

a: The  hypotheses  are

H0: μ1=μ2    against the claim Ha :μ1≠μ2

b. The critical value for t∝/2 for 17 d.f  t > 2.508 and  t < -2.111

c. t= -2.8422

d. The calculated value of t= -2.8422 is less than t < -2.11 the critical value therefore we reject H0 and conclude there is a difference between the two means.

Step-by-step explanation:

When the standard deviations are not the same then the confidence intervals for mean differences are calculated as

(x1`-x2`)- t∝/2 √s1²/n1 + s2²/n2 < u1-u2 < (x1`-x2`)+ t∝/2 √s1²/n1 + s2²/n2

x1`= 21        x2`= 27

n1=  10       n2= 14

s1= 5.6       s2= 4.3

The degrees of freedom is calculated using

υ = [s₁²/n1 + s₂²/n2]²/ (s₁²/n1 )²/ n1-1 + (s₂²/n2)²/n2-1

= 17

The t∝/2 for 17 d.f = 2.11

Putting the values

(x1`-x2`)- t∝/2 √s1²/n1 + s2²/n2 < u1-u2 < (x1`-x2`)+ t∝/2 √s1²/n1 + s2²/n2

(21-27) - 2.11√5.6²/10+ 4.3²/14 < u1-u2 <(21-27)  +2.11√5.6²/10+4.3²/14

6- 2.11*2.111 < u1-u2 <  ( 6 )  +2.11*2.111

6- 4.4521 < u1-u2 <  ( 6 )  +5.294

- 1.5479 < u1-u2 <  10.4521

The confidence Interval is [- 0.7053  10.4521]

a: The  hypotheses  are

H0: μ1=μ2    against the claim Ha :μ1≠μ2

The claim is that there is a difference in the average time spent by the two services

b. The critical value for t∝/2 for 17 d.f  t > 2.508 and  t < -2.111

The degrees of freedom is calculated using

υ = [s₁²/n1 + s₂²/n2]²/ (s₁²/n1 )²/ n1-1 + (s₂²/n2)²/n2-1

= 17

c. The test statistic is

t= (x1`-x2`)  /√s1²/n1 + s2²/n2

t= (21-27)  /√5.6²/10+ 4.3²/14

t= -6/2.111

t= -2.8422

d. The calculated value of t= -2.8422 is less than t < -2.11 the critical value therefore we reject H0 and conclude there is a difference between the two means.

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