You Collect Information About the Number of Employees That Arrive

Multiple Choice

You collect information about the number of employees that arrive to work late. Employees are categorized in two groups: those hired more than 6 months ago (Group 1) and those hired less than 6 months ago (Group 2) . You hypothesize that employees that were hired more than 6 months ago will have lower mean days late than those hired less than six months ago. If x̄₁ = 1.8, x̄₂ = 3.5, s₁ = 0.78811 and s₂ = 0.707107, what is the appropriate conclusion if  = .05?

A) retain the null
B) reject the alternative
C) reject the null none of these