Researchers are interested in comparing the depression scores(measured on a scale of 1-100) of patients diagnosed with clinicaldepression before and after they have participated in a newexercise regimen. They take a random sample of 5 people who reportlow levels of exercise and measure their depression scores. Theythen have these 5 patients complete a 4-week exercise regimen andmeasure their depression scores after the 4 weeks. Results ofanalysis are presented in the table below.
Participant ID | Depression score before the 4-week exercise regimen | Depression score before the 4-week depression exerciseregimen |
A | 78 | 69 |
B | 87 | 82 |
C | 57 | 56 |
D | 62 | 63 |
E | 74 | 72 |
Your research question of interest is:
Is there a difference in the mean depressionscore of patients before and after they participate in the 4- weekexercise regimen?
You are informed the estimated standard error of themean differences (s) is 1.74
You will use the information above to complete the questionparts below for a two related samples t-test.
Part A: Which of the following represents theappropriate null hypothesis(H0),given this research question of interest?
Part B: Which of the following represents theappropriate alternative hypothesis(H1), given this research question ofinterest?
Part C: Which of the following represents theappropriate critical value(s), testing at analpha level (α) of 0.05?
Part D: What is thet-statistic associated with your test?(rounded to the nearest hundredth) - see note above forthe value of the standard error of the mean differences.
Part E: Given your test results, what is yourdecision about the null hypothesis?
Part F: The best interpretation of theappropriate decision regarding the null hypothesis would be: \"Basedon our study, we (Have/Have not)
enough evidence to conclude that there appears to be adifference in the population mean depression score before and aftera 4 week exercise regimen.\"
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