Ages of young people participating in a community service program are listed below, with corresponding means and standard deviations. With alpha equal to .05, and variances assumed to be equal, complete a two-tailed independent samples t-test. Worth up to 20 points.
Ages of participants
Male Female
20 18
12 17
17 19
14 15
18 20
15 16
Male mean = 16 Female mean= 17.5
Male s = 2.90 Female s = 1.87
Step 1: State the H0 and the H1.
Step 2: Calculate the df:
Step 3: Identify the critical value for \alpha = .05 and state the decision rule.
Step 4: Calculate the obtained value of t.
Step 5: Conclusion