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a researcher wants to discover if age has any influence on how many hours a person spends doing/reading/answering emails in a week. they collect the following data, where there are 2 categories of age and the number of hours per week someone spends on email: 36 and under
over 36
28
0
4
2
2
0
25
1
15
5
3
2
15
4
20
8
10
5
1
10
What is the t statistic?


Sagot :

From given data we can conclude that there is no influence of age on how many hours a person spends doing/reading/answering emails in a week.

In this question, the given data has 2 categories of age and the number of hours per week someone spends on email.

Let H0(null hypothesis): age has any influence on how many hours a person spends doing/reading/answering emails in a week.

Ha = age has no influence on how many hours a person spends doing/reading/answering emails in a week.

36 and under   over 36       x - y          (x - y)²

      28                  0              28             784

       4                   2               2                 4

       2                   0               2                 4

      25                  1              24               576

      15                  5              10               200

       3                   2                1                  1

      15                  4               11               121

      20                  8               12               144

      10                  5                5                  25

       1                  10               -9                 81

                            Total :        86             1940

Using the formula for t-score:

t = (∑D / N)/[√(∑D² - (∑D)²/N)/(N-1)N]

where

∑D = sum of differences

∑D² = sum of squared differences

(∑D)² = square of sum of differences

t = (86 / 10)/[√(1940 - 7396/10)/(10-1)10]

t = 8.6/√((1940 - 739.6)/90)

t = 8.6 /√(1200.4/90)

t = 8.6 /√13.34

t = 2.35

The p-value with degree of freedom = 9 and alpha-level = 0.05 is 0.021653

Since calculated value is greater than the p-value, we reject the null hypothesis.

Therefore, age has no influence on how many hours a person spends doing/reading/answering emails in a week.

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