In the 1997-98 NBA season,82

randomly selected games that Michael Jordan played were recorded. Of that sample, he averaged28.7439

points per game with a knownstandard deviation of8.4432.

In that same season,60

randomly selected games that Shaquille O'Neal played were recorded. Of that sample, he averaged28.3167

points per game with a known standard deviation of6.8956.

Is there enough evidence, at a=0.05

to claim that Shaquille scored less than Michael, on average per game, in 1997-98?

This is a right tailed test because the claim is that Michael scored more than Shaquille (or Shaquille scored less than Michael). Since Michael Jordan issample 1, the mean of sample 1 is greater than the mean of sample 2 for the alternative hypothesis.

Remember, the null hypothesis is always an equality statement.

-this is a right tailed test

-critical value=1.645

Find the test statistic. Round to the nearest hundredth.

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