Find the two sample z test value comparing the mean of group
Find the two sample z test value comparing the mean of group A with that of group B (A-B). The values for group A are: 54, 34, 40, 46, 34, 60, 72, 38, 44, 52, 35. The values for group B are: 32, 44, 35, 43, 60, 52, 58, 51, 44, 47.
Answer choices are:
A. 0.634
B. 0.58
C. 1.801
D. -0.074
Solution
Calculating the means of each group,
X1 = 46.27272727
X2 = 46.6
Calculating the standard deviations of each group,
s1 = 12.1827001
s2 = 9.02096324
Thus, the standard error of their difference is, by using sD = sqrt(s1^2/n1 + s2^2/n2):
n1 = sample size of group 1 = 11
n2 = sample size of group 2 = 10
Thus, df = n1 + n2 - 2 = 19
Also, sD = 4.650842909
Thus, the t statistic will be
t = [X1 - X2 - uD]/sD = -0.074 [ANSWER, D]
