A researcher is investigating differences in homicide rates across northern and southern cities. She collects data and finds that the mean homicide rate in four large southern cities is 95.45.The mean homicide rate for four large northern cities was 81.09. What would this researcher’s null and alternative hypotheses look like? Write your answers out in words.
What will be an ideal response?
The researcher plans to compare southern and northern cities, so the null and alternative would look like this:
H0: Cities located within the southern United States have the same mean rate of homicide as urban centers of the northern states. There is no difference in the mean rate of homicide between the North and the South.
H1: Cities located within the southern United States have a higher mean rate of homicide than cities of northern states. There is a difference between the mean rate of homicide between the North and the South.
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