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Sodoku Anyone?
*I need some people who have never played…
*Let’s see if boys are better than girls….
Matched Pairs T-Test
Matching subjects according to a characteristic for blocking purposes.
Can be paired in before/after
Screens out extraneous factors.
Inferences can be based on the differences between the 2 observations in each sample pair.
Assumptions
Dependent (Paired) Random samples Approximately normal
Use boxplot to show this• (only 1 – of the list of differences)
An educator claims that a special vitamin will increase a weight lifter’s strength. Eight weight lifters are selected and given a test
and are tested again 2 weeks after the vitamin use.
Athelete 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Before 210 230 182 205 262 253 219 216
After 219 236 179 204 270 250 222 216
A dietitian wishes to see if a person’s cholesterol level will change if the diet is supplemented by a mineral. Can it be concluded that the cholesterol level has changed. Construct a 90% confidence interval.
Subject 1 2 3 4 5 6
Before 210 235 208 190 172 244
After 190 170 210 188 173 228