11.34 The comparison distribution: For each of the following situations, state whether the distribution of interest is the z distribution, a t distribution, or an F distribution. Explain your answer.

a. A city employee locates a U.S. Census report that includes the mean and standard deviation for income in the state of Wyoming and then takes a random sample of 100 residents of the city of Cheyenne. He wonders whether residents of Cheyenne earn more, on average, than Wyoming residents as a whole.

b. A researcher studies the effect of different contexts on work interruptions. Using discreet video cameras, she observes employees working in enclosed offices in the workplace, in open cubicles in the workplace, and in home offices.

c. An honors student wondered whether an education in statistics reduces the tendency to believe advertising that cites data. He compares social science majors who had taken statistics and social science majors who had not taken statistics with respect to their responses to an interactive advertising assessment.