Question

The owner of a local golf course wants to examine the difference between the average ages of males and females that play on the golf course. Specifically, he wants to test if the average age of males is greater than the average age of females. If the owner conducts a hypothesis test for two independent samples and calculates a p-value of 0.0095, what is the appropriate conclusion? Label males as group 1 and females as group 2.

Question 15 options:

	1) The average age of males is significantly less than the average age of females.
	2) The average age of males is less than or equal to the average age of females.
	3) The average age of males is significantly larger than the average age of females.
	4) We did not find enough evidence to say the average age of males is larger than the average age of females.
	5) The average age of males is significantly different from the average age of females.

Answer 1

Here, claim is as:
test if the average age of males is greater than the average age of females

P value = 0.0095

From the given p value, conclusion is as:
The average age of males is significantly larger than the average age of females.