Pooled t-test p-value for weekend versus weekday spending
Question
A researcher samples weekend shoppers (mean spend $78, standard deviation $22) and, independently, weekday shoppers (mean $67, standard deviation $20). Assuming normal spending with equal variances, find the two-sided p-value for testing whether the mean spends differ, to three significant figures.
Short answer
. The pooled standard deviation is , so on degrees of freedom. Doubling the upper tail gives about , not significant at .
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