Module 23 – Hypothesis Test for a Difference in Two Population Means (5 of 7 discussion 1) – mod 23 group 3

Learn by Doing

In this activity you will learn to use StatCrunch to perform a two-sample t-test.

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Here are the directions and grading rubric for the Learn by Doing discussion board exercises.

A list of StatCrunch directions is provided at the bottom of this page.

Context

Do undergraduates sleep less than graduate students?

A student conducted a study of sleep habits at a large state university. His hypothesis is that undergraduates will party more and sleep less than graduate students. He surveyed random samples of 75 undergraduate students and 50 graduate students. Subjects reported the hours they sleep in a typical night.

For this hypothesis test, he defined the population means as follows:

• is the mean number of hours undergraduate students sleep in a typical night.

Variables

Hours: typical number of hours a student sleeps each night
Program: undergraduate or graduate

Program is the explanatory variable, and the data is categorical. Hours is the response variable, and the data is quantitative.

Data

Download the sleep2 (Links to an external site.) datafile, and upload the file in StatCrunch.

Prompt

1. State the null and alternative hypotheses. Include a clear description of the populations and the variable.
2. Explain why we can safely use the two-sample T-test in this case.
3. Use StatCrunch to carry out the test. (directions)
   Copy and paste the content of in the StatCrunch output window (text and the table) in your initial post.
4. State a conclusion in the context of this problem.

List of StatCrunch Directions

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• Create Your Stats-Class Folder in Canvas (You only need to do this once.)
• Purchase StatCrunch (You only need to do this once.)
• Open StatCrunch
• Download Excel Data File
• Upload Excel Data File to StatCrunch
• Download StatCrunch Output Window (no screenshots; please use these directions)
• Upload Files into Your Stat-Class Folder in Canvas
• Embed Pictures in a Discussion Post (no attachments; please use these directions)
• Copy & Paste a StatCrunch Table
• Conduct a Hypothesis Test for the Difference of Two Population Means

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