2. A student in psychology is conducting an honor's thesis about the impact of victim characteristics on the sentencing of convicted criminals. Two separate scenarios are prepared. Both describe the conviction of a male perpetrator who has been convicted of an armed robbery of a gas station. In one scenario the store clerk was described as "a college student' and in the other scenario the store clerk was described as a "recent immigrant". Participants read each scenario and rate their sympathy with the store clerk in each case. Higher numbers indicate greater sympathy. The data is presented below. Does the label of the clerk affect sympathy?

Recent Immigrant. College Student

29 50

25 59

65 70

56 64

67 62

58 67

26 35

39 88

21 75

31 55

42 46

2a) Perform the appropriate hypothesis test with a level of significance of .05. Show all steps (hypotheses, rejection region, test statistic calculation, decision and conclusion) of hypothesis testing.

2b) What type of logical error may the decision and conclusion represent?