Data Were Collected on Annual Personal Time (In Hours) Taken

Multiple Choice

Data were collected on annual personal time (in hours) taken by a random sample of 16 women and 7 men employed by a medium sized company.The women took an average of 24.75 hours of personal time per year with a standard deviation of 2.84 hours.The men took an average of 21.89 hours of personal time per year with a standard deviation of 3.29 hours.The standard error of the sampling distribution for the difference between the two means is ________________________ .

A) 2.05
B) 5.02
C) 2.24
D) 1.43
E) 0.48