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A researcher wants to prove that there is a difference in the average age of onset of a certain disease for men and women who get the disease.
A random sample of 30 women with the disease showed an average age of onset of 83 years, with a sample standard deviation of 11 years. A random sample of 20 men with the disease showed an average age of onset of 77 years, with a sample standard deviation of 4 years.
Assume that ages at onset of this disease are normally distributed for each gender, and that they are independent of each otherWhat is the value of the appropriate test statistic for (F) -(M)?