Company a samples 16 workers, and their average time with the company is 5.2 years with a standard deviation of 1.1. Company b samples 21 workers and their average time with the company is 4.6 years with a standard deviation 4.6 years

Company a samples 16 workers, and their average time with the company is 5.2 years with a standard deviation of 1.1. Company b samples 21 workers and their average time with the company is 4.6 years with a standard deviation 4.6 years

The populations are normally distributed.  Determine the:

Hypothesis in symbolic form?

Determine the value of the test statistic?

Find the critical value or value?

determine if you should reject null hypothesis or fail to reject?

write a conclusion addressing the original claim?

Step-by-step explanation:

GIven that :

Company A

Sample size n₁ = 16 workers

Mean ₁ = 5.2

Standard deviation ₁ = 1.1

Company B

Sample size n₂ = 21 workers

Mean ₂ = 4.6

Standard deviation ₂ = 4.6

The null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis can be computed as follows:

The value of the test statistics can be determined by using the formula:

where;

Recall:

t = 0.50917

degree of freedom df = ( n₁ + n₂ - 2 )

degree of freedom df = (16 + 21 - 2)

degree of freedom df = 35

Using Level of  significance ∝ = 0.05, From t-calculator , given that t = 0.50917 and degree of freedom df = 35

p - value =  0.3069

The critical value = = 1.6895

Decision Rule: Reject the null hypothesis if the test statistics is greater than the critical value.

Conclusion: We do not reject the null hypothesis because, the test statistics is lesser than the critical value, therefore we conclude that there is  no sufficient information that the claim that company a retains it workers longer than more than company b.

the answer to question 1 is -8, 28.

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