MS Precision Components wanted to calculate employee data, in regards to sick leave for its employees. Employee data were collectedonannualsickleave(inhours)from arandomsampleof16womenand7 men employed with the company.Thewomentookanaverageof24.75hoursofsick leaveper yearwithastandarddeviationof2.84hours.Thementookanaverageof21.89hoursofsick leaveper yearwithastandarddeviationof3.29hours.

A) Calculate the standarderrorofthesamplingdistributionforthedifference betweenthetwomeans.

The Human Resources Department believes that women, as primary care givers, tend to take more personal time than men.

B )What is the correct null and alternative hypotheses to test this belief?