In a study of the effectiveness of certain exercises in weight reduction, a group of 16...

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  1. In a study of the effectiveness of certain exercises in weightreduction, a group of 16 persons engaged in these exercises forthree months and showed the weights, in pounds, before exercises(X) and after exercises (Y):  

Individual

X

Y

1

211

198

2

180

173

3

171

172

4

214

209

5

182

179

6

194

192

7

160

161

8

182

182

9

172

166

10

155

154

11

185

181

12

167

164

13

203

201

14

181

175

15

245

233

16

146

142

  1. Perform a pooled two-sample t-test at 0.05 level ofsignificance to see if the data provide sufficient evidence to showa weight reduction. What assumptions are required for this test tobe valid?
  2. Perform a paired t-test at 0.05 level of significanceto see if the data provide sufficient evidence to show a weightreduction. What assumptions are required for this test to bevalid?
  3. Are the conclusions from (a) and (b) consistent, and why or whynot?

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In order to solve this question I used R software R codes and output dreadtabledatacsvheaderTsep headd Individual X Y 1 1 211 198 2 2 180 173 3 3 171 172 4 4 214 209 5 5 182 179 6 6 194 192 attachd The following objects are masked from d pos 3 Individual X Y vartestXY F test to compare two variances data X and Y F 12189 num df 15 denom df 15 pvalue 07064 alternative hypothesis true ratio of variances is not    See Answer
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