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explanation will not receive full credit. Round all answers to 3 decimal places. If you have any questions, post them to the course discussion board. 1. Market researchers working for a large fitness company want to knowif male and female patrons differ in terms of how many hours per week they spend at the gym. At their gym, customers have ID cards that they use to sign in and out of the gym, so the researchers are able to obtain data concerning how long each customer was in the gym. They obtain data from a random sample of 50 male patrons and 50 female patrons. [30 points] A. What is the independent variable? B. What is the dependent variable? C. Is the dependent variable categorical or quantitative? Explain why D. Are the two groups (males and females) independent or paired? Explain why E. Write the null and alternative hypotheses that the researchers should be testing Use the Equation Editor in Word and the correct notation F. What type of graph could the researchers make to display their data? Explain why. G. What method of constructing a sampling distribution should the researchers use (eg randomization, t distribution, z distribution)? Explain why

Explanation / Answer

A. 50 male patrons and 50 female patrons are independent variables

B. hours per week they spend at the gym by male and female is dependent variables

C. Hours is quantitative variable so dependent variable is quantitative

D. Both male and female groups are not having any connection so they are independent groups.