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Polytechnic State University Sanluis
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Mall Rats An article in American Demographics investigated consumer habits at the mall. We tend to spend the most money shopping on the weekends, and, in particular, on Sundays from 4 to 6 P.M. Wednesday morning shoppers spend the least!17 Suppose that a random sample of 20 weekend shoppers and a random sample of 20 weekday shoppers were selected, and the amount spent per trip to the mall was recorded.
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Weekends |
Weekdays |
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Sample Size |
20 |
20 |
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Sample Mean |
$78 |
$67 |
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Sample Standard Deviation |
$22 |
$20 |
a. Is it reasonable to assume that the two population variances are equal? Use the F-test to test this hypothesis with a = .05.
b. Based on the results of part a, use the appropriate test to determine whether there is a difference in the average amount spent per trip on weekends versus weekdays. Use a = .05.
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