Mathematical Statistics with Applications
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Author: Dennis O. Wackerly
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Chapter 15.6, Problem 22E
In some tests of healthy, elderly men, a new drug has restored their memories almost to the level of young adults. The medication will soon be tested on patients with Alzheimer’s disease, the fatal brain disorder that eventually destroys the minds of those afflicted. According to Dr. Gary Lynch of the University of California, Irvine, the drug, called ampakine CX-516, accelerates signals between brain cells and appears to significantly sharpen memory.3 In a preliminary test on students in their early 20s and on men aged 65–70, the results were particularly striking. The accompanying data are the numbers of nonsense syllables recalled after 5 minutes for ten men in their 20s and ten men aged 65–70 who had been given a mild dose of ampakine CX-516. Do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that there is a difference in the number of nonsense syllables recalled by men in the two age groups when older men have been given ampakine CX-516? Give the associated p-value.
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Mathematical Statistics with Applications
Ch. 15.3 - What significance levels between = .01 and = .15...Ch. 15.3 - Prob. 2ECh. 15.3 - Clinical data concerning the effectiveness of two...Ch. 15.3 - Prob. 4ECh. 15.3 - New food products are frequently subjected to...Ch. 15.3 - On clear, cold nights in the central Florida...Ch. 15.3 - A psychological experiment was conducted to...Ch. 15.3 - Refer to Exercise 12.15. Using the sign test, do...Ch. 15.3 - Prob. 9ECh. 15.4 - The accompanying table gives the scores of a group...
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