Question: A coffee manufacturer is interested in finding out whether the mean daily consumption of regular-coffee drinkers is less than that of decaffeinated-coffee drinkers. A random sample of 50 regular-coffee drinkers showed a mean of 4.35 cups per day, with a standard deviation of 1.20 cups per day. A sample of 40 decaffeinated-coffee drinkers showed a mean of 5.84 cups per day, with a standard deviation of 1.36 cups per day. Use the .01 significance level.

a. Can we state whether regular coffee drinkers drink less than decaf coffee drinkers?

b. How certain are you in making that statement?