The Tampa Bay (Florida) Area Chamber of Commerce wanted to know whether the mean weekly salary of nurses was larger than that of school teachers. To investigate, they collected the following information on the amounts earned last week by a sample of school teachers and nurses.

Teachers Nurses

1095 1091

1076 1140

1077 1071

1125 1021

1034 1100

1059 1109

1052 1075

1070 1079

1079

1080

1092

1082

Is it reasonable to conclude that the mean weekly salary of nurses is higher? Use the 0.01 significance level.Hint:For the calculations, assume the nurses as the first sample.

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1. Is this a one-tailed or a two-tailed test?

multiple choice

• One-tailed test
• Two-tailed test

1. State the decision rule.(Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)

1. Compute the value of the test statistic.(Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

1. What is your decision regardingH₀?

multiple choice

• RejectH₀
• Do not rejectH₀

1. What is thep-value?

multiple choice

• Greater than 0.1.
• Between 0.01 and 0.1.
• Between 0.001 and 0.01.
• Less than 0.001.