Reference no: EM132117799

Based on the descriptive statistics for the variable Work by Gender answer and explain the following questions:

1. When comparing the mean number of hours worked for males with the mean number for females what can be concluded?
2. Would using the median instead of the mean change the conclusion?
3. When comparing the standard deviation for males with the standard deviation for females what can be concluded? 

Descriptives

Gender Statistic Std. Error

Work Female Mean 31.3812 1.79787

95% Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound 27.8143

Upper Bound 34.9481

5% Trimmed Mean 31.3696

Median 35.0000

Variance 326.466

Std. Deviation 18.06836

Minimum .00

Maximum 70.00

Range 70.00

Interquartile Range 25.00

Skewness -.243 .240

Kurtosis -.869 .476

Male Mean 40.3254 2.52933

95% Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound 35.2693

Upper Bound 45.3814

5% Trimmed Mean 39.5855

Median 40.0000

Variance 403.042

Std. Deviation 20.07590

Minimum .00

Maximum 100.00

Range 100.00

Interquartile Range 29.00

Skewness .488 .302

Kurtosis .513 .595