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10.1 Exercise 3

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A study is done to determine if Company A retains its workers longer than Company B. It is believed that Company A has a higher retention than Company B. The study finds that in a sample of 11 workers at Company A their average time with the company is four years with a standard deviation of 1.5 years. A sample of 9 workers at Company B finds that the average time with the company was 3.5 years with a standard deviation of 1 year. Test this proposition at the 1% level of significance.

a. Is this a test of two means or two proportions?

OpenStax Introductory Business Statistics 2e, 10.1 Comparing Two Independent Population Means, exercise 3

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