Next, set-up a claim using a comparison of the two means or proportions. Decide if they are significantly different using your descriptive statistics, then align your claim appropriately.
- If you find that the two group's means or proportions are significantly different, make a claim that one mean/proportion is higher/lower than the other as the alternative hypothesis. Then conduct the test and select a level of significance to reject the null hypothesis and–in your conclusion–provide the sample as evidence to support the claim.
- If you find that the two group's means or proportions are relatively similar, make a claim that there is no significant difference between them. Then select a level of significance to fail to reject the null hypothesis and–in your conclusion–state that the sample does not provide sufficient evidence to reject the claim.
To complete this task, you may need to change previous steps like the scope or findings to make sure the message stays consistent throughout.