A health educator wants to evaluate the effect of a dental film on the frequency with which children brush their teeth.  A random selection of 8 children are used for the experiment.  First, a baseline of the number of times the children brush their teeth over a month's period is established.  Next, the children are shown the dental film and again the number of teeth brushings are recorded for a month.  The following data are recorded.        Subject 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 After film 28 29 25 30 25 27 28 24 Baseline 25 28 22 30 26 24 25 22       The obtained value of the appropriate statistic is _________.     1. 3.13     2. 3.58     3. 3.14     4. 3.57

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A health educator wants to evaluate the effect of a dental film on the frequency with which children brush their teeth.  A random selection of 8 children are used for the experiment.  First, a baseline of the number of times the children brush their teeth over a month's period is established.  Next, the children are shown the dental film and again the number of teeth brushings are recorded for a month.  The following data are recorded. 

 

 

 

Subject

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

After film

28

29

25

30

25

27

28

24

Baseline

25

28

22

30

26

24

25

22

 

 

 

The obtained value of the appropriate statistic is _________.

 

  1.

3.13

 

  2.

3.58

 

  3.

3.14

 

  4.

3.57

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