How the Data Was Obtained
To obtain the samples for my study I went to Malley's on the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th of May, 2014. I sat at a table where I had a good view but was descrete about my doings. I kept a stop watch with me and started the timer as soon as the clock hit 4 o' clock. Every time someone walked in, I would mark a tally on my paper under the category they followed; either men or women, at that specific 15 minute interval. When the timer stopped after 15 minutes, I would resart it and count the next fifteen minutes. I did this same process until 6 o' clock all 4 of those days.
The population I took my samples from was any man or woman that walked into the Malley's store. Every day, I would have 9 samples frmom within the 2 hours I spent at the store. My population of interest does not get any more specific than any man or woman that comes into the store.
Hypothesis Test Results
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1 |
µ1 = the
true mean number of men that go to
Malley’s within a 15 minute interval.
µ2 =the true mean number of women that go to
Malley’s within a 15 minute interval. |
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2 |
Ho:
µ1= µ2 |
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3 |
Ha:
µ1- µ2≠0 |
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4 |
α = 0.05
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5 |
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6 |
Assumptions: 1.Both Samples are random
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7 |
t =
-0.60 at 69 degrees of freedom
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8 |
p-value = 0.553 |
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9
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Conclusion: We
fail to reject the null hypothesis at the
.05 level of significance
because the p-value is > α.
Therefore, there is not
sufficient evidence to say that the true mean number of men
that go to Malley’s within a 15 minute interval is different
than the mean number of woman that go to Malley’s within a
15 minute interval. |
