The Football Coach at State University Wishes to Determine If

Multiple Choice

The football coach at State University wishes to determine if there is a decrease in offensive production between the first half and the second half of his team's recent games. The table below shows the first-half and second-half offensive production (measured in total yards gained per half) for the past six games.
$\begin{array}{lcccccc}\hline &{\text { Game }} \\ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 \\ \text { First half yards } & 142 & 143 & 85 & 84 & 138 & 71 \\\text { Second half yards } & 134 & 116 & 66 & 84 & 122 & 65 \\\hline\end{array}$

Compute the test statistic.

A) $3.165$
B) $2.881$
C) $1.288$
D) $9.895$