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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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TableTreatmentControlBP(Y) AGE(X) BP(Y) AGE(X)120 26 109 33114 37 145 62132 31 131 54130 48 129 44146 55 101 31122 35 115 39136 40 133 60118 29 105 38<strong>Notes</strong>• For the blood pressure:• Control mean = 121.00 mm (<strong>of</strong> mercury);Treatment mean = 127.25mm (<strong>of</strong> mercury)• But notice the average ages for both groups• Control mean = 45.13 years;Treatment mean = 37.63 yearsUnpaired t-test• First we will perform an unpaired t-test on the BP values• In Rexcel the following comm<strong>and</strong>s are used;<strong>Statistics</strong> > Means > Independent samples t-test• Assume equal variances• Returns a test statistic <strong>of</strong> -0.932 which is not significant suggestingthere is no difference between the two groups.• The confidence interval is (-20.64,8.14) which contains 0, confirmingthe conclusion found from the hypothesis test.246

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