A teacher measured brain activity in all 60 seniors in her Statistics class in the first week of school and again in the week after spring break.  She hypothesized that the second readings would be lower.  A matched pairs experiment was conducted and she found a t score of 2.77.  What is the p-value?  What conclusions should she draw?  Explain.

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A teacher measured brain activity in all 60 seniors in her Statistics class in the first week of school and again in the week after spring break.  She hypothesized that the second readings would be lower.  A matched pairs experiment was conducted and she found a t score of 2.77.  What is the p-value?  What conclusions should she draw?  Explain.

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