answer with minitab please

answer with minitab please

SELF 10.10 Accounting Today identified the top accounting TEST firms in 10 geographic regions across the United States. All 10 regions reported growth in 2016. The Southeast and Gulf Coast regions reported growth of 12.03% and 9.47%, respectively. A char- acteristic 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. Source: Data extracted from 2017 Top 100 Firms, Accounting Today, available at www.accountingtoday.com/the-2017-top-100-firms-and-regional leaders. 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. c. What assumptions do you have to make about the two popula- tions in order to justify the use of the r test? C2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Region Number of Partners Southeast 155 Southeast 55 Southeast 93 Southeast 45 Southeast 25 Southeast 16 Southeast 43 Southeast 37 Southeast 16 Southeast 34 Southeast 10 Southeast 24 Southeast 13 Southeast 18 Southeast 13 Southeast 11 Southeast 10 Gulf Coast Gulf Coast 156 Gulf Coast 28 Gulf Coast 20 Gulf Coast 46 Gulf Coast 17 Gulf Coast 27 Gulf Coast 21 Gulf Coast 15 Gulf Coast 11 Gulf Coast 17 16 17 18 165 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gulf Coast 15 Gulf Coast 11 Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast 6 Gulf Coast Gulf Coast 3 3 Gulf Coast Gulf Coast 8 35 Gulf Coast SELF 10.10 Accounting Today identified the top accounting TEST firms in 10 geographic regions across the United States. All 10 regions reported growth in 2016. The Southeast and Gulf Coast regions reported growth of 12.03% and 9.47%, respectively. A char- acteristic 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. Source: Data extracted from 2017 Top 100 Firms, Accounting Today, available at www.accountingtoday.com/the-2017-top-100-firms-and-regional leaders. 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. c. What assumptions do you have to make about the two popula- tions in order to justify the use of the r test? C2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Region Number of Partners Southeast 155 Southeast 55 Southeast 93 Southeast 45 Southeast 25 Southeast 16 Southeast 43 Southeast 37 Southeast 16 Southeast 34 Southeast 10 Southeast 24 Southeast 13 Southeast 18 Southeast 13 Southeast 11 Southeast 10 Gulf Coast Gulf Coast 156 Gulf Coast 28 Gulf Coast 20 Gulf Coast 46 Gulf Coast 17 Gulf Coast 27 Gulf Coast 21 Gulf Coast 15 Gulf Coast 11 Gulf Coast 17 16 17 18 165 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gulf Coast 15 Gulf Coast 11 Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Gulf Coast 6 Gulf Coast Gulf Coast 3 3 Gulf Coast Gulf Coast 8 35 Gulf Coast