Question

College Students and Drinking Habits: A public health official is studying differences in drinking habits among students at two different universities. They collect a random sample of students independently from each of the two universities and ask each student how many alcoholic drinks they consumed in the previous week. Sample Statistics:

size(n) Mean (X) SD(s)
sample1 40 6.9 2.3
sample 2 49 5.7 1.9
The official conducts a two -sample t-test to determine whether these data provide significant evidence that students at University 1 drink more than students at University 2. The test statistics is t=2.64 with a P-value 0.005. Which of the following is an appropriate conclusion?
A) The samples provide significant evidence that students at University 1 drink more than students at university 2.
B) The samples do not provide statistically significant evidence.
C) We ca not use the t-test in this case because the variables (number of drinks) are likely skewed to the right at each university.

Answer 1

Option A

Explanation:

From the outlined data, the p value calculated was given as 0.005 which is way less than 0.05, thus we will reject the null hypothesis that there is no difference in drinking habit among students at two different universities. We can then conclude that the samples provide significant evidence that students at University 1 drink more than students at university 2.