A teacher wants to examine whether there is a difference between male as well as female students in the amount of time they spend studying for the statistics. The table below shows the amount of time students spend studying statistics each and every week. The amounts of time spent studying are basically distributed.
Male Female
27 25
25 29
19 18
10 23
16 20
17 15
15 19
a. What statistical test should be employed to examine the data?
b. Is this a one- or two tailed test?
c. Determine H0 and Ha for this study.
d. Conduct the appropriate analysis. Must H0 be rejected?