Question

you have a hypothesis that women own more pets than men. after surveying men and women for how many pets they own, you find that on average that men own 0.8 pets and women own 1.1 pets. what should you conclude? women and men own the same amount of pets there is not enough information to either support or reject the hypothesis women own more pets than men the average number of pets owned by women is statistically significantly more than the average number of pets owned by men

Explanation:

To draw a conclusion about whether women own more pets than men in a statistically significant way, we need more information such as the sample size, standard deviation of the data for men and women, and the results of a hypothesis - testing procedure (like a t - test for independent samples). Just knowing the sample means (0.8 for men and 1.1 for women) is insufficient. We cannot assume that the difference in sample means implies a true difference in the population (where the hypothesis is about the population) without proper statistical analysis.

Answer:

There is not enough information to either support or reject the hypothesis.