Inspired by zoom, you want to determine whether there are significant differences in the satisfaction of couples that had their first date in person vs. couples who had their first date virtually. Based on the following satisfaction data (larger values indicate greater satisfaction), conduct an independent samples t-test using (alpha=.01) and an pooled variance. Is there a significant difference? Virtual Date In person date
X= 23.76 X= 34.54
s2 = 123.43 s2 = 105.65
n = 5 n = 20
A) Write the null and alternative hypotheses in symbols
B) What is your critical value?
C) What's your pooled variance?
D) What's your standard error?
E) What's your obtained t?

A) The null hypothesis is H₀; =

The alternative hypothesis is Hₐ; ≠

B) The critical value is 4.604

C) The pooled variance is 11,870.2777

D) The standard error is-0.2321

E) The obtained is -0.2040  

Step-by-step explanation:

The given values are;

= 23.76, = 34.54

s₁ = 123.43, s₂ = 105.65

n₁ = 5, n₂ = 20

A) The null hypothesis, H₀; =

The alternative hypothesis, Hₐ; ≠

B) The degrees of freedom, df = 4 - 1 = 3

The critical t-value is given at α = 0.01 is given on the t-table for two tailed test as t = 4.604

C) The pooled variance is given by the following formula;

Plugging in the values gives;

The pooled variance, = 11,870.2777

D) The standard error, SE, is given as follows;

Therefore, we get;

The standard error, SE ≈ -0.2321

E) The obtained 't' is given as follows;

Therefore, we have;

The obtained t is given as follows;

Therefore, we get;

The obtained t = -0.2040