Assume that the average age of offenders at prison release in the state of Arizona is 30.

Use the Recidivism.xls data to perform a hypothesis test to determine if the average age of

offenders at prison release in your sample is significantly different from the average age in

the offender population in Arizona. Use a .05 level of statistical significance. Run the one-sample

The t-test in Excel, and copy and paste the Excel output here. In your summary,

Please discuss the null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, the result of this hypothesis test, and

interpret the result.

	person	sex	race	age	crime	recidivism	custody
	1	1	2	27	3	1	Medium
	2	1	2	77	1	0	Minimum
	3	1	2	34	3	0	Medium
	4	1	1	70	1	0	Medium
	5	1	2	40	1	0	Minimum
	6	1	2	62	3	0	Close
	7	1	2	71	1	0	Minimum
	8	1	1	62	2	0	Medium
	9	1	1	57	2	0	Medium
	10	1	1	72	3	0	Close
	11	1	2	25	2	0	Medium
	12	1	2	51	3	0	Medium
	13	1	1	43	3	0	Minimum
	14	1	1	76	3	1	Minimum
	15	1	1	57	2	0	Minimum
	16	1	2	34	2	1	Minimum
	17	1	2	37	1	0	Medium
	18	1	1	61	2	1	Close
	19	1	2	40	2	0	Close
	20	1	2	73	1	0	Minimum
	21	1	2	44	2	0	Minimum
	22	1	2	39	2	1	Medium
	23	1	2	69	3	0	Medium
	24	1	2	52	2	0	Medium
	25	1	2	54	1	0	Close
	26	1	2	69	2	0	Medium
	27	1	1	77	1	1	Minimum
	28	1	2	32	2	0	Close
	29	1	1	71	2	0	Minimum
	30	1	2	42	1	0	Medium

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