A political science professor is interested in comparing the characteristics of students who do and do not vote in national elections. For a random sample of 114 students who claimed to have voted in the last presidential election, she found a mean grade point average of 2.71 and a standard deviation of 0.64. For an independent random sample of 123 students who did not vote, the mean grade point average was 2.79 and the standard deviation was 0.56. Test, against a twosided alternative, the null hypothesis that the population means are equal.

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A political science professor is interested in comparing the characteristics of students who do and do not vote in national elections. For a random sample of 114 students who claimed to have voted in the last presidential election, she found a mean grade point average of 2.71 and a standard deviation of 0.64. For an independent random sample of 123 students who did not vote, the mean grade point average was 2.79 and the standard deviation was 0.56. Test, against a twosided alternative, the null hypothesis that the population means are equal.

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