In Born together—Reared apart: the Landmark Minnesota twin study (2012), Nancy Segal discusses the efforts of...

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In Born together—Reared apart: the Landmark Minnesota twinstudy (2012), Nancy Segal discusses the efforts of researchpsychologists at the University of Minnesota to understandsimilarities and differences between twins by studying sets oftwins who were raised separately. The Excel Online file belowcontains critical reading SAT scores for several pairs of identicaltwins (twins who share all of their genes), one of whom was raisedin a family with no other children (no siblings) and one of whomwas raised in a family with other children (with siblings).Construct a spreadsheet to answer the following questions.

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a. What is the mean difference between thecritical reading SAT scores for the twins raised with no siblingsand the twins raised with siblings?

(to 2 decimals)

b. Provide a 90% confidence interval estimateof the mean difference between the critical reading SAT scores forthe twins raised with no siblings and the twins raised withsiblings.

(, ) (to 2 decimals)

c. Conduct a hypothesis test of equality of thecritical reading SAT scores for the twins raised with no siblingsand the twins raised with siblings.

-value is  (to 4 decimals)

At , what is your conclusion?

_________Can concludeCannot conclude that there is a differencebetween the mean scores for the no sibling and with siblinggroups.

 
SAT Score No SiblingsSAT Score With SiblingsChange in SAT Score (di)Part a
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635660Use the XLMiner Analysis ToolPak to conduct your analysis.
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429457After deleting all text in this shaded area, set the outputrange in
404466the ToolPak to the top left cell of this area (E2).
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646583Your analysis output should fit into this shaded area.
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Part b
The 90% confidence interval
C.I.Lower Limit
C.I.Upper Limit
Part c
Degrees of Freedom
Test statistic
p-value
Significance Level (Alpha)0.01
Can we conclude that there is difference between the meanscores? (Enter "Can conclude" or "Cannot conclude")

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adifference 68b90 CI for mean difference 155 290cDegrees of    See Answer
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