Suppose a researcher is interested in the effect of a new treatment drug at increasing CD4 count in patients with HIV. In this study, each patient treated with the study drug is frequency paired with another patient on a number of characteristics treated with a placebo to insure independence among samples. Assume the following sample of participants enrolled in the study represents an appropriate approximation to the normal distribution. A 347 A’ 326 B 346 B’ 321 C 338 C’ 314 D 334 D’ 316 E 342 E’ 30 B) Carry out a paired-sample t test to investigate the effectiveness at increasing CD4 count in immunocompromised patients. Write out the null and alternative hypotheses using an α=0.05, and correctly interpret your results.

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Suppose a researcher is interested in the effect of a new treatment drug at increasing CD4 count in patients with HIV. In this study, each patient treated with the study drug is frequency paired with another patient on a number of characteristics treated with a placebo to insure independence among samples. Assume the following sample of participants enrolled in the study represents an appropriate approximation to the normal distribution.

A 347

A’ 326

B 346

B’ 321

C 338

C’ 314

D 334

D’ 316

E 342

E’ 30

B) Carry out a paired-sample t test to investigate the effectiveness at increasing CD4 count in immunocompromised patients. Write out the null and alternative hypotheses using an α=0.05, and correctly interpret your results.

 

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