Question

Some business students wondered if starting salaries on the west coast were different than the east coast. With a 0.10 level of significance, find out if there is a difference in salaries. Assume variances are unequal.

Starting Salary Data

Salary East Coast	Salary West Coast
50164.09	58277.53
60586.58	44726.37
51570.29	54487.82
59687.35	55741.58
57118.19	58404.75
61206.37	55903.89
70046.42	60099.68
61826.32	55909.29
50477.22	51652.12
57161.63	51628.97
73198.17	55278.95
62330.61	52116.24
56634.26	54582.57
53545.13	55447.47
56705.85	63482.63
	59319.69
	55604.51
	59196.01
	51116.39

Step 3 of 4:

What is the p-value?
Enter 3 decimal points (Example: 0.000, -0.000)

Answer 1

The statistical software output for this problem is:

On the basis of above output:

P - value = 0.094