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Perform an independent-measures (samples) t-test in SPSS to determine if the starting salary (Variable "salary" "Starting Salary") of males is significantly higher than the starting salary of females. Use α = .01.
Note that in SPSS: males = 1 and Females =0
a. The Independent Variable is and theThe Dependent Variable is
b. The null hypothesis in symbols is
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