Question: A teacher wants to investigate whether there is a difference between male and female students in the amount of time they spend studying for statistics. The table below shows the amount of time students spend studying for statistics each week. The amounts of time spent studying are normally distributed.

Male Female
27 25
25 29
19 18
10 23
16 20
17 15
15 19

What statistical test should be used to analyze the data?

Is this a one tailed or two tailed test?

Identify Ho and Ha for this study.

Conduct the appropriate analysis. Should Ho be rejected?