A certain psychological theory predicts that men want bigger families than women.Kate asked each student in her psychology class how many children he or she considered ideal for a married couple,and obtained the Excel results shown below at $\alpha$ = .05. What conclusion can you draw in a two-tailed test at $\alpha$ = .05?
A) Men want larger families on average than women.
B) Women want larger families on average than men.
C) We cannot reject the hypothesis of equal population means.
D) The decision depends on whether or not the variances are equal.

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Since the p-value is greater than the significance level of .05, we cannot reject the null hypothesis of equal population means. Therefore, we cannot conclude that men and women have different ideal family sizes.

A Certain Psychological Theory Predicts That Men Want Bigger Families α\alphaα

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