Question

Mary Ann and Abigail were shopping for prom shoes and wondered how the prices at Payless compared to the prices at Famous footwear. At each store, they randomly selected 30 pairs of shoes and recorded the price of each pair. The table shows summary statistics for the two samples of shoes. Do these data provide convincing evidence at the a=0.05 significance level that shoes cost less, on average, at payless than a Famous Footwear?

Answer 1

Explanation:

how the prices at Payless compared to the prices

at Famous Footwear. At each store, they randomly

selected 30 pairs of shoes and recorded the price of

each pair. The table shows summary statistics for

the two samples of shoes.28

Store

Mean

SD

Famous Footwear

$45.66

$16.54

Payless

$21.39 $7.47

Do these data provide convincing evidence at the

0.05 significance level that shoes cost less

, on

average, at Payless than at Famous Footwear?

a =