A very wise teacher measured brain activity in all 20 seniors in his Statistics class in the first week of school and again in the week after spring break.  He hypothesized that the second readings would be lower.  A matched pairs experiment was conducted and he found a t score of 2.77.  What is the p-value?  What conclusions should he draw?  Explain

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A very wise teacher measured brain activity in all 20 seniors in his Statistics class in the first week of school and again in the week after spring break.  He hypothesized that the second readings would be lower.  A matched pairs experiment was conducted and he found a t score of 2.77.  What is the p-value?  What conclusions should he draw?  Explain

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