If you estimate the June mean temperature to be 26.1oC from an independent collection of 35 data points and the standard error of the difference between the two mean estimates is 0.45 oC, what is the probability that the two means are derived from the same parent population?

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Compute the test statistic: t = (observed difference between the two sample means) / (standard error of the difference). Here the observed difference is 0.9°C (i.e., one mean is 26.1°C and the other is 25.2°C), and the standard error of the difference is 0.45°C. So t = 0.9 / 0.45 = 2.00.

1) Relevant concepts:
- Hypothesis test for difference between two independent means: H0: μ1 = μ2 (same parent population) versus H1: μ1 ≠ μ2.
- Test statistic = (difference in sample means) / (SE of difference). For moderate-to-large samples a t-distribution with appropriate degrees of freedom (here df ≈ 34) or the standard normal can be used.
- Two-tailed p-value = probability of observing a test statistic at least as extreme as the calculated value under H0.

2) Complete reasoning and steps:
- Calculate t (or z) = 2.00 as shown above.
- Use the standard normal (or t with df 34; values are essentially the same for this t). The one-sided tail beyond z = 2.00 has probability 1 − Φ(2.00) ≈ 0.0228.
- Because the test is two-tailed, double this tail probability: p = 2 × 0.0228 = 0.0456 ≈ 4.6%.

3) Intermediate steps shown:
- t = 0.9 / 0.45 = 2.00
- One-sided tail = 1 − Φ(2.00) ≈ 0.0228
- Two-sided p = 2 × 0.0228 = 0.0456 ≈ 4.7%

4) Why this is correct:
A t (or z) of 2.00 means the observed difference is two standard errors away from zero; the two-tailed probability of getting such an extreme (or more extreme) difference by chance if the true means are equal is about 4.7%. That is the probability the two samples came from the same parent population.

5) Why the other choices are incorrect:
- 15.0% and 32.4% are much larger than the correct tail area for |z| = 2.00.
- 2.4% is about half the correct two-tailed p-value (it is close to the one-tailed tail 2.28%).
- 0.6% is far too small (would correspond to a |z| ≈ 2.75), inconsistent with t = 2.00.

Conclusion: The probability that the two means are from the same parent population is approximately 4.7%, matching the provided answer.

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