A Researcher Selected a Sample of 56 Former Co-Op Education

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A researcher selected a sample of 56 former co-op education students from a list of graduates of a university. She discovered that it had taken an average of 4.97 years for these graduates to finish their degrees (standard deviation = 1.23). The average for the entire student body is 4.56 years. Is the difference statistically significant at the 0.05 level? Follow the five-step model and state all important decisions. Make sure that you interpret the results in terms of the original research question.