A researcher wants to determine whether young adults spendmoretime in a day on Twitter than older adults do.He gathers a sample ofn= 10 young adults (aged 18-25) and a sample ofn= 6 older adults (aged 25-34).The researcher finds that the average time spent on Twitter for young adults isM₁= 3 hours with aSS₁of 44.He also finds that the average time spent on Twitter for older adults isM₂= 2 hours with aSS₂of 40.

Perform an independent-samples test to determine whether young adults spend significantlymoretime in a day on Twitter than older adults do by stating or calculating each of the following: (Show your work or explain your answers for each):

a. The null (H₀) and alternative (H_A) hypotheses. (4 points)

b. Whether we are using a one- or two-tailed test and why. (4 points)

c. Degrees of freedom (df) (3 points)

d. The critical/cut-offtstatistic using your degrees of freedom from the last step witha= .05. (4 points)

e. Pooled variance (s²_p) (4 points)

f. Estimated standard error (s_(M1-M2)) (4 points)

g.t-statistic (4 points)

h. Based on our t-statistic and our critical t, are we rejecting or failing to reject the null hypothesis? What does that mean for our research question? (4 points)