Question: A study was conducted to determine if there is a difference, on average, in the mean starting salaries of men and women graduating with a degree in chemical engineering. A sample of 35 men who graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from Barna College resulted had a mean starting salary of $54 thousand with a standard deviation of $4 thousand. A sample of 22 women graduating from Barna College that same year with a degree in chemical engineering had a mean starting salary of $50 thousand with a standard deviation of $2 thousand. Conduct a test at the .05 level of significance. The population standard deviations can not be assumed to be equal.

1. State the null and alternate hypotheses.

b . State the decision rule.

c . Compute the value of the test statistic.

d . Compute the p -value.

e . What is your decision regarding the null hypothesis? Interpret the result.

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