Answer to Question #1569 in Statistics and Probability for gwene

Question

A teacher wants to investigate whether there is a difference between male and female students in the amount of time they spend studying for statistics. The table below shows the amount of time students spend studying statistics each week. The amounts of time spent studying are normally distributed.
<br>Male Female
<br>27 25
<br>25 29
<br>19 18
<br>10 23
<br>16 20
<br>17 15
<br>15 19
<br>a. What statistical test should be used to analyze the data?

Answer 1

When comparing two unpaired groups unpaired t-test should be used.