Every year all incoming high school freshmen in a large

Last updated: 6/5/2023

Every year all incoming high school freshmen in a large school district take a math placement test For this year s test the district has prepared two possible versions Version 1 that covers more material than last year s test and Version 2 test that is similar to last year s test The district suspects that the mean score for Version 1 will be less than the mean score for Version 2 To examine this over the summer the district randomly selects 35 incoming freshmen to come to its offices to take Version 1 and it randomly selects 75 incoming freshmen to come take Version 2 The 85 Incoming freshmen taking Version 1 score a mean of 113 0 points with a standard deviation of 17 0 The 75 incoming freshmen taking Version 2 score a mean of 117 0 points with a standard deviation of 18 2 Assume that the population standard deviations of the test scores from the two versions can be estimated to be the sample standard deviations since the samples that are used to compute them are quite large At the 0 05 level of significance is there enough evidence to support the claim that the mean test score for Version 1 is less than the mean test score for Version 2 Perform a one tailed test Then complete the parts below A Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places If necessary consult a list of formulas a State the null hypothesis Ho and the alternative hypothesis H H H b Determine the type of test statistic to use Choose one c Find the value of the test statistic Round to three or more decimal places 0 d Find the critical value at the 0 05 level of significance Round to three or more decimal places e Can we support the claim that the mean test score for Version 1 is less than the mean test score of Version 2 OYes No 3 XI 0 S X 0 0 OSO 020 P O O olo O 0