A patient with blood pressure over 130 is considered to have high blood pressure.  Perform a t-distribution hypothesis test (Chapter 17) to investigate whether the mean blood pressure for heart disease patients is greater than 130.

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(b)  A patient with blood pressure over 130 is considered to have high blood pressure.  Perform a t-distribution hypothesis test (Chapter 17) to investigate whether the mean blood pressure for heart disease patients is greater than 130. 

 

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HD

n

Mean

Variance

Std. dev.

Std. err.

Median

Range

Min

Max

Q1

Q3

No

164

242.64024

2857.606

53.45658

4.1742576

234.5

438

126

564

208.5

267.5

Yes

139

251.47482

2448.9468

49.486835

4.1974185

249

278

131

409

217

284

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