1. The administration at a university is interested in studying if any relationship exists between satisfaction at the school and whether the student is a freshman or a senior. The school randomly surveys 6 freshmen and 7 seniors and asks them to rate how satisfied they are at the school on a scale of 1-10, where 10 is extremely satisfied and 1 is extremely dissatisfied. Is there a difference in satisfaction? The data is on the following page. a. What is your null hypothesis? b. What is your research hypothesis? c. What was your t? d. What was the critical t? e. Will you accept or reject the null hypothesis? f. What does that mean?
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