An economist wants to test if there is any difference in income between Escambia county and Miami-Dade county in Florida. To do this, she collects random samples of residents from both these counties. The information collected from these samples is tabulated below. Assume that both the populations are normally distributed with equal population variances. Escambia County (Population 1) Miami-Dade County (Population 2)
n 1 = 11 n 2 = 15
x ¯ 1 = 36,700 x ¯ 2 = 34 ,700
s 1 = 7800 s 2 = 7375
Set up the null and alternative hypotheses to test the economist’s claim.
a) H_0 : μ1- μ2 is less than or equal to 0 versus H_a: is μ1- μ2 greater than 0b) H_0 : μ1 <μ2 versus H_a: is μ1 is greater than or equal to μ2c) H_0 : μ1 is not equal to μ2 versus H_a: is μ1 is equal to μ2d) H_0 : μ1- μ2 is greater than or equal to 0 versus H_a: is μ1- μ2 is less than 0e) H_0 : μ1- μ2 = 0 versus H_a: is μ1- μ2 not equal t0 0