Attempts: Do No Harm:/2 4. The t statistic, the t distribution, and sample size
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Attempts: Do No Harm:/2 4. The t statistic, the t distribution, and sample size Aa Aa The average duration of labor from the first contraction to the birth of the baby in women over 35 who have not previously given birth and who did not use any pharmaceuticals is 16 hours Suppose you have a sample of 29 women who exercise daily, and who have an average duration of labor of 17.8 hours and a sample variance of 77.4 hours. You want to test the hypothesis that women who exercise daily have a different duration of labor than all women. Calculate the t statistic. To do this, you first need to calculate the estimated standard error. The estimated standard error is SM1.6337The t statistic is 1.75. Now suppose you have a larger sample size n = 73, Calculate the estimated standard error and the t statistic for this sample with the same sample average and the same standard deviation as above, but with the larger sample size. The new estimated standard error is . The new t statistic is Note that the t statistic becomes as n becomes larger. Use the Distributions tool to look at the t distributions for different sample sizes. To do this, choose the Degrees of Freedom for the first sample size on the slider, and click the radio button with the single orange line. Move the orange vertical line to the right until the number below the orange line is located on the t statistic. The probability of getting that t statistic or one more extreme will appear in the bubble with the orange type. Now repeat the process for the other sample. t Distribution Degrees of Freedom 52Explanation / Answer
Result:
Standard error = sqrt(77.4/29) = 1.6337
Test statistic = ( 17.8-16)/1.6337 =1.01
New Standard error = sqrt(77.4/73) = 1.0297
New Test statistic = ( 17.8-16)/1.0297 =1.75
T statistics becomes large as n becomes larger.
When n= 29, p=0.3212
When n= 73, p=0.091
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