A researcher believes that students in school A have better computer knowledge than school B.

Computer marks were collecte

curriculum. Assuming the population variance is unequal, at 95% confidence level, is there enough evidence to support the cla

H0: µ1≤µ2
H1: µ1>µ2

The data is normal.

How to determine what test to use?
Two different populations, and unaware of means of two populations
The samples are independent of each other.
Assuming unequal population variance
There's less than 30 samples each.
This leads us to chose a two sample t test

What kind of tailed test to use? Note that this is a 1 tail (right tailed) test because the claim indicates school A stud
(Single left, Single right, or Two-tail) than School B

Data given School A School B

Number of samples (n1 and n2) 19 17
Sample mean (x1 and x2) 26.19 20.6529
Variance 29.23 84.95

Significance level α 0.05

S12/n1 1.54
S22/n2 5.00

Compute the t-statistic

Degrees of freedom 25.2

x̅1-x2̅ 5.542
Sqrt (S12/n1+S22/n2) 2.556

t =( x1̅ -x2̅ )/Sqrt (S12/n1+S22/n2) 2.1678

Determine t critical value

Since this is a right tailed test at an alpha

of 5% critical value look up t table
appropriately.
t critical 1.708 Look up in table

Interpret the results

How does t critical compare to the
calculated t statistic?

t critical t statistic
1.708 2.1678

If this is smaller,
means t statistic value If this is smaller, means it
is in rejection region. is not in rejection region.
Hence we reject the Hence we fail to reject
null hypothesis the null hypothesis
Critical value Rejection region
Right tail test
 mputer marks were collected from the two schools for the same
evidence to support the claim?

wo populations

aim indicates school A students computer knowledge is greater

School B
School A Students
Students Marks Marks (for
(for out of 40 out of 40
marks) marks)
36 12.5
29 11.5
24.6 11.2
23.5 29
28.9 33.2
24.3 27.9
26.3 24
32.3 34.5
28.6 18.5
22.6 34.2
26.5 19
22.2 12.6
28 12.9
29.4 13.9
33 12.6
23 32
28.9 11.6
18
12.6