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Author: Bernard Rosner

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 5, Problem 10P

A study was conducted assessing the effect of observer training on measurement of blood pressure based on NHANES data from 1999–2000 (Ostchega, et al., [1]). A goal was that the difference in recorded blood pressure between the observer and trainer be ≤ 2 mm Hg in absolute value. It was reported that the mean difference in systolic blood pressure (SBP) between observers and trainers (i.e., mean observer SBP minus trainer SBP) = mean (Δ) was 0.189 mm Hg with sd = 2.428 mm Hg.

If we assume that the distribution of Δ is normally distributed, then what % of (observer, trainer) pairs have a mean difference of ≥ 2 mm Hg in absolute value (i.e., either ≥ 2 mm Hg or ≤ −2 mm Hg)?

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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