A group of concerned citizens are interested in whether home owners in area A pa

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A group of concerned citizens are interested in whether home owners in area A pay more property taxes than home owners in area B. They would like to compare the average amount of property tax paid (measured in dollars; minimum payment is $1) in each area. Each area has roughly 100 unique homes; for a total of 200 homes. 1. What are the researcher’s independent and dependent variables? a. Independent=______________________________ b. Dependent=_______________________________ 2. What are the null and alternative hypotheses (use the appropriate symbols not words)? a. H0=__________________ b. H1=__________________ 3. What is the appropriate test for the researcher to use?__________________ 4. Why is that statistic appropriate? If applicable to the specific test: 5. What are the test’s assumptions? 6. What are the test’s df? 7. What is the appropriate critical value? 8. If the research obtains a test statistic of ____ , would the researcher retain or reject H0? 9. Should the researcher do any follow up tests or make any graphs/charts? 10. Interpret the findings in APA style

Explanation / Answer

a.Independent variable=A group of concerned citizens

b.Dependent variable: the average amount of property tax paid

2.a.The null variable: H0:the difference between two population means(muA-muB)=0

b.The alternative hypothesis is: H1:muA>muB

6.The degrees of freedom:100+200-2=298

3.The appropriate test is t test for two population means.

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