The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 21 - Comparing Two Means - Chapter 21 Exercises - Page 511: 21.35a

Answer

There is good evidence that coached students gained more on the average than uncoached students.

Work Step by Step

This is a two-sample t-test. We can get a t statistic of 2.646 and a p-value of 0.004. Therefore, there is good evidence that coached students gained more on average than uncoached students.
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