Twenty volunteers at a cold research institute caught a cold after having been exposed to various cold viruses. Ten of the volunteers were randomly selected to receive tablets containing 1 gram of vitamin C. These tablets were taken four times a day. The control group, consisting of the other 10 volunteers, was given placebo tablets that looked and tasted exactly like the vitamin C ones. This was continued for each volunteer until a doctor, who did not know whether one volunteer was receiving vitamin C or the placebo, decided that the volunteer was no longer suffering from the cold. The length of time the cold lasted was then recorded. At the end of the experiment, the following data resulted: The average length of cold for the n1 = 10 people treated with vitamin C is with a standard deviation of s1 = 0.76 The average length of cold for the n2 = 10 people receiving the placebo is with a standard deviation of s2 = 0.85 Determine the value of the pooled standard deviation . Round your answer three decimal places.
Twenty volunteers at a cold research institute caught a cold after having been exposed to various cold viruses. Ten of the volunteers were randomly selected to receive tablets containing 1 gram of vitamin C. These tablets were taken four times a day. The control group, consisting of the other 10 volunteers, was given placebo tablets that looked and tasted exactly like the vitamin C ones. This was continued for each volunteer until a doctor, who did not know whether one volunteer was receiving vitamin C or the placebo, decided that the volunteer was no longer suffering from the cold. The length of time the cold lasted was then recorded. At the end of the experiment, the following data resulted:
The average length of cold for the n1 = 10 people treated with vitamin C is with a standard deviation of s1 = 0.76
The average length of cold for the n2 = 10 people receiving the placebo is with a standard deviation of s2 = 0.85
Determine the value of the pooled standard deviation . Round your answer three decimal places.
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