stress_levels.xlsx contains data on the corticosterone levels of students measured before attending a biological data analysis class (column 'corticosterone_concentration_before_lecture') and the corticosterone levels of the same students measured before they took their final biological data analysis exam (column 'corticosterone_concentration_before_test'). Corticosterone is a stress hormone and, thus, its levels are an indication of the amount of stress the individual students are experiencing. This is clearly a paired design and you would ordinarily use a paired t-test to check if the stress levels increased before the exam. However, the data is skewed to the right and because some cortisol differences are negative a log transformation will not work. Therefore, you need to perform an appropriate non-parametric test to check if stress levels increase. S.No. Corticosterone_Concentration before lecture Corticosterone_Concentration before test 1 10 130 2 10 105 3 39 91 4 30 82 5 6 77 6 21 65 7 0 64 8 4 60 9 16 56 10 10 51 11 23 45 12 22 50 13 8 49 14 19 48 15 22 44 16 10 44 17 10 44 18 11 42 19 22 41 20 19 37 21 21 37 22 14 37 23 11 36 24 6 36 25 1 35 26 2 32 27 9 31 28 11 30 29 12 30 30 3 30 31 3 30 32 4 30 33 6 29 34 5 29 35 7 29 36 6 28 37 8 26 38 8 25 39 21 25 40 7 25 41 8 24 42 7 21 43 8 7 What is the P-value obtained from an appropriate two-tailed non-parametric test of the data in stress_levels.xlsx? Need to use sign test with binomial formula
stress_levels.xlsx contains data on the corticosterone levels of students measured before attending a biological data analysis class (column 'corticosterone_concentration_before_lecture') and the corticosterone levels of the same students measured before they took their final biological data analysis exam (column 'corticosterone_concentration_before_test'). Corticosterone is a stress hormone and, thus, its levels are an indication of the amount of stress the individual students are experiencing. This is clearly a paired design and you would ordinarily use a paired t-test to check if the stress levels increased before the exam. However, the data is skewed to the right and because some cortisol differences are negative a log transformation will not work. Therefore, you need to perform an appropriate non-parametric test to check if stress levels increase.
S.No. |
Corticosterone_Concentration before lecture |
Corticosterone_Concentration before test |
1 | 10 | 130 |
2 | 10 | 105 |
3 | 39 | 91 |
4 | 30 | 82 |
5 | 6 | 77 |
6 | 21 | 65 |
7 | 0 | 64 |
8 | 4 | 60 |
9 | 16 | 56 |
10 | 10 | 51 |
11 | 23 | 45 |
12 | 22 | 50 |
13 | 8 | 49 |
14 | 19 | 48 |
15 | 22 | 44 |
16 | 10 | 44 |
17 | 10 | 44 |
18 | 11 | 42 |
19 | 22 | 41 |
20 | 19 | 37 |
21 | 21 | 37 |
22 | 14 | 37 |
23 | 11 | 36 |
24 | 6 | 36 |
25 | 1 | 35 |
26 | 2 | 32 |
27 | 9 | 31 |
28 | 11 | 30 |
29 | 12 | 30 |
30 | 3 | 30 |
31 | 3 | 30 |
32 | 4 | 30 |
33 | 6 | 29 |
34 | 5 | 29 |
35 | 7 | 29 |
36 | 6 | 28 |
37 | 8 | 26 |
38 | 8 | 25 |
39 | 21 | 25 |
40 | 7 | 25 |
41 | 8 | 24 |
42 | 7 | 21 |
43 | 8 | 7 |
What is the P-value obtained from an appropriate two-tailed non-parametric test of the data in stress_levels.xlsx? Need to use sign test with binomial formula
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