Description of test statistic-pulse rate of smokers

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A medical researcher suspects that the pulse rate of smokers is higher than the pulse of non smokers. Use the sample statistics below to test the researchers suspicion. State your hypothesis, draw your curve, label your critical values and your test statistic, state your decision to accept or reject. Write your conclusion in the language of the problem. Use a=.05

Smokers Nonsmokers

N1=100 N2=100

mean=88 Meab=85

s1=4.8 s2=5.3

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