Are male college students more easily bored than their female counterparts? This question was examined in the article “Boredom in Young Adults—Gender and Cultural Comparisons” (J. of Cross-Cultural Psych., 1991: 209–223).

The authors administered a scale called the Boredom Proneness Scale to 97 male and 148 female U.S. college students. Does the accompanying data support the research hypothesis that the mean Boredom Proneness Rating is higher for men than for women? Test the appropriate hypotheses using a .05 significance level.

Sample Sample Gender Size Mean Sample SD Males 97 10.40 4.83 Females 148 9.26 4.68