The College Board provided comparisons of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores based on the highest level of education

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The College Board provided comparisons of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores based on the highest level of education

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The College Board provided comparisons of Scholastic Aptitude
Test (SAT) scores based on the highest level of education attained
by the test taker's parents. A research hypothesis was that
students whose parents had attained a higher level of education
would on average score higher on the SAT. The overall mean SAT math
score was 514. SAT math scores for independent samples of students
follow. The first sample shows the SAT math test scores for
students whose parents are college graduates with a bachelor's
degree. The second sample shows the SAT math test scores for
students whose parents are high school graduates but do not have a
college degree.
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(b)
What is the point estimate of the difference between the means
for the two populations?
_____
(c)
Find the value of the test statistic. (Round your answer to
three decimal places.)
_____
Compute the p-value for the hypothesis test.
(Round your answer to four decimal places.)
p-value = _____
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