1.  An investigator wishes to compare the average time to relief of headache pain under three distinct medications,...

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1.  An investigator wishes to compare the average timeto relief of headache pain under three

distinct medications, call them Drugs A, B, and C. Fifteenpatients who suffer from chronic

headaches are randomly selected for the investigation, and fivesubjects are randomly assigned

to each treatment. The following data reflect times to relief(in minutes) after taking the

assigned drug.

Test if there is a significant difference in the mean timesamong three treatments. Use α =

0.05. (apply ANOVA)

Drug ADrug BDrug C
302515
352120
403025
252522
353024

a) State the null and alternative hypothesis.

Null: all means are equal

Alternative: Atleast one mean is different

b) State your conclusion about the hypothesis based on the teststatistic and critical value

Reject the hypothesis because there is a huge difference betweenthe 3 treatments and their means

c) Perform multiple comparison test to show whetherthere are significant differences between the drugs

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Step 1 State null and alternative hypotheses Ho 1 2 3 H1 At least one mean is different from the others Step 2 Find the critical value k 3 N total number of data values from all groups    See Answer
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