College Students and Drinking Habits: A public health official is studying differences in drinking habits among students at two different universities. They collect a random sample of students independently from each of the two universities and ask each student how many alcoholic drinks they consumed in the previous week. Sample Statistics: size(n) Mean (X) SD(s)
sample1 40 6.9 2.3
sample 2 49 5.7 1.9
The official conducts a two -sample t-test to determine whether these data provide significant evidence that students at University 1 drink more than students at University 2. The test statistics is t=2.64 with a P-value 0.005. Which of the following is an appropriate conclusion?
A) The samples provide significant evidence that students at University 1 drink more than students at university 2.
B) The samples do not provide statistically significant evidence.
C) We ca not use the t-test in this case because the variables (number of drinks) are likely skewed to the right at each university.