Hypothesis Testing: Two Population Means and Two Population Proportions: Practice 2 1.5 2008/06/22 19:54:02 GMT-5 2008/08/15 12:15:16.545 GMT-5 Barbara Illowsky illowskybarbara@deanza.edu Susan Dean deansusan@deanza.edu Connexions cnx@cnx.org elementary statistics This module provides a practice of Hypothesis Testing: Two Population Means and Two Population Proportions: as a part of Collaborative Statistics collection (col10522) by Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean.

Student Learning Outcome The student will explore the properties of hypothesis testing with two averages.

Given The U.S. Center for Disease Control reports that the average life expectancy for whites born in 1900 was 47.6 years and for nonwhites it was 33.0 years. (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/nvsr53_06t12.pdf ) Suppose that you randomly survey death records for people born in 1900 in a certain county. Of the 124 whites, the average life span was 45.3 years with a standard deviation of 12.7 years. Of the 82 nonwhites, the average life span was 34.1 years with a standard deviation of 15.6 years. Conduct a hypothesis test to see if the average life spans in the county were the same for whites and nonwhites.

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Discussion Question Does it appear that the averages are the same? Why or why not?