A clinical trial was conducted to test the effectiveness of a drug for treating insomnia in older subjects. Before treatment with the drug, 18 subjects had a mean wake time of 97.3 min. After treatment the 18 subjects had a mean wake time of 68.4 minutes and a standard deviation of 26.4 minutes. Assume that the samples are from normally distributed population and are randomly selected. At the 0.1 significance level test the claim that after treatment with the drug subjects have a mean wake time of less than 97.3 minutes. Does it appear that the drug is effective?

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TESTING A CLAIM ABOUT A  MEAN - INSOMNIA

 Be sure to include the null and alternative, significance level, critical value(s), the test statistic with calculations shown, the properly drawn graph, decision criteria, decision and one of the four possible conclusions. Don't forget to answer the question at the end of the problem. 

 

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A clinical trial was conducted to test the effectiveness of a drug for treating insomnia in older subjects. Before treatment with the drug, 18 subjects had a mean wake time of 97.3 min. After treatment, the 18 subjects had a mean wake time of 68.4 minutes and a standard deviation of 26.4 minutes. Assume that the samples are from a normally distributed population and are randomly selected. At the 0.1 significance level test the claim that after treatment with the drug subjects have a mean wake time of less than 97.3 minutes. Does it appear that the drug is effective?
Transcribed Image Text:**Insomnia Treatment** A clinical trial was conducted to test the effectiveness of a drug for treating insomnia in older subjects. Before treatment with the drug, 18 subjects had a mean wake time of 97.3 min. After treatment, the 18 subjects had a mean wake time of 68.4 minutes and a standard deviation of 26.4 minutes. Assume that the samples are from a normally distributed population and are randomly selected. At the 0.1 significance level test the claim that after treatment with the drug subjects have a mean wake time of less than 97.3 minutes. Does it appear that the drug is effective?
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Population mean, μ = 97.3 minutes

Sample size, n = 18

Sample mean, x-bar = 68.4 minutes

Population standard deviation, s = 26.4 minutes

 

Hypothesis Formulation-

Null Hypothesis, H0: μ = 97.3

Alternate Hypothesis, Ha: μ < 97.3

Since here population standard deviation is unknown and sample size is <30, so using t-test statistics.

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