Grocery prices of the same items were compared at Target and Whole Foods. Assume the sampling was random. The descriptive statistics are shown, and the results of a t-test are shown.

a. Compare the sample means descriptively.
b. Perform a hypothesis test to determine whether the means are significantly different using an alpha of 0.05.
c. If you were to find a 95% confidence interval for the mean difference, would it capture 0? Explain.

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Options Summary statistics: Column n Mean Std.dev.Median Min Max Target 3 30 2.8516667 1.22901163.015 0.69 4.99 1.89 3.99 Whole Foods 303.144 1.3665804 3.19 0.79 6.99 2 3.99 Options Hypothesis test results: oHi- H2: Mean of the difference between Target and Whole Foods Difference Sample Diff. Std. Err. DF T-Stat P-value Target- Whole Foods0.29233333 0.20678918 29 1.4136781 0.1681