1 offices. SELF 10.10 Accounting Today identified the top accounting Test firms in 10 geographic regions across the United States. Even though all 10 regions reported growth in 2012, the Southeast 1 358 CHAPTER 10 Two-Sample Tests and Gulf Coast regions reported the highest combined growths, with 7.94% and 9.92%, respectively. A characteristic description of the accounting firms in the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions included the number of partners in the firm. The file Accounting Partners2 contains the number of partners. (Data ex- tracted from bit.ly/1lasPHm.) a. At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a differ- ence between Southeast region accounting firms and Gulf Coast accounting firms with respect to the mean number of partners? b. Determine the p-value and interpret its meaning. 6 What assumptions do you have to make about the two popula- tions in order to justify the use of the test? 1 offices. SELF 10.10 Accounting Today identified the top accounting Test firms in 10 geographic regions across the United States. Even though all 10 regions reported growth in 2012, the Southeast 1 358 CHAPTER 10 Two-Sample Tests and Gulf Coast regions reported the highest combined growths, with 7.94% and 9.92%, respectively. A characteristic description of the accounting firms in the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions included the number of partners in the firm. The file Accounting Partners2 contains the number of partners. (Data ex- tracted from bit.ly/1lasPHm.) a. At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a differ- ence between Southeast region accounting firms and Gulf Coast accounting firms with respect to the mean number of partners? b. Determine the p-value and interpret its meaning. 6 What assumptions do you have to make about the two popula- tions in order to justify the use of the test