EXAMPLE

A survey conducted by a market-research organization five years ago showed that the estimated
hourly wage for temporary computer analysts was essentially the same as the hourly wage for
registered nurses. This year, a random sample of 32 temporary computer analysts from across the
country is taken. The analysts are contacted by telephone and asked what rates they are currently
able to obtain in the market-place A similar random sample of 34 registered nurses is taken. The
resulting wage figures are listed in the following table:

Computer Analysts Registered Nurses

24.10 25.00 24.25 20.75 23.30 22.75

23.75 22.70 21.75 23.80 24.00 23.00
24.25 21.30 22.00 22.00 21.75 21.25
22.00 22.55 18.00 21.85 21.50 20.00
23.50 23.25 23.50 24.16 20.40 21.75
22.80 22.10 22.70 21.10 23.25 20.50
24.00 24.25 21.50 23.75 19.50 22.60
23.85 23.50 23.80 22.50 21.75 21.70
24.20 22.75 25.60 25.00 20.80 20.75
22.90 23.80 24.10 22.70 20.25 22.50
23.20 23.25 22.45
23.55 21.90 19.10

Conduct a hypothesis test at the 2% level of significance to determine whether the hourly wages
of the computer
analysts are still the same as those of registered nurses.

SOLUTION

Calculations:
Sample standard deviation for each of the two samples is given below:

Computer Analysts:
S12 = 1.854
Registered Nurses

Note: In this if we rounding off 1.845 then it become 1.9.

S22 = 1.845

And α is given in the question, if not given then we take α=0.05