Answered: For healthy adults, the mean pH of…

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter4: Linear Functions

Section: Chapter Questions

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For healthy adults, the mean pH of arterial plasma (i.e., acidity of the blood) is 7.4. A new drug for arthritis has been developed. Researchers want to conduct a test to see if the new drug has increased the mean pH level of the blood. A random sample of 91 patients with arthritis took the new drug for 3 months. An analysis of the sample data revealed a p-value of 0.019.

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Use a 1% level of significance to test the claim that the drug has increased the mean pH level of the blood.

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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