georgina_009
10-02-2007, 11:20 PM
Can anyone help?
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a treatment for tapeworm in the
stomachs of sheep. A random sample of 24 worm-infected lambs of approximately the same
age and health was randomly divided into two groups. Twelve were injected with the drug and
the remaining twelve were left untreated. After a 6 month period the following worm counts
were recorded.
Treated 18 43 28 50 16 32 13 35 38 33 6 7
Untreated 40 54 26 63 21 37 39 23 48 58 28 39
(a) Explain how this design differs from the design used in Q3. That is, explain why one uses
the paired t-test and the other uses an independent two-sample t-test.
(b) Use R to perform the test of significance and find a 95% confidence interval for the true
difference in means.
(c) Write an informative conclusion.
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a treatment for tapeworm in the
stomachs of sheep. A random sample of 24 worm-infected lambs of approximately the same
age and health was randomly divided into two groups. Twelve were injected with the drug and
the remaining twelve were left untreated. After a 6 month period the following worm counts
were recorded.
Treated 18 43 28 50 16 32 13 35 38 33 6 7
Untreated 40 54 26 63 21 37 39 23 48 58 28 39
(a) Explain how this design differs from the design used in Q3. That is, explain why one uses
the paired t-test and the other uses an independent two-sample t-test.
(b) Use R to perform the test of significance and find a 95% confidence interval for the true
difference in means.
(c) Write an informative conclusion.