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SPSS IS REQUIRED TO SOLVE THE QUESTION 6 AND 7. I HAVE ALREADY SOLVED FROM QUEST

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SPSS IS REQUIRED TO SOLVE THE QUESTION 6 AND 7. I HAVE ALREADY SOLVED FROM QUESTION 1 TO 5 BY USING EF1 FILE.

I need answer only for questions 6 and 7 using EF2 SPSS FILE (ejection fraction 2). Please do not solve it manually as i need respective SPSS output files as well. Please find EF2 SPSS FILES at the end. Thanks.

The data set EF1.SAV contains percentages of fractional fraction, made by 34 subjects in an imaginary clinical study. The efficacy fraction (EF) was calculated before and after treatment, given with the baseline and post variables, while ID is patient number.

1- Check if Baseline is a normally distributed variable.

2- Calculate average and standard deviation for Baseline, and find a 95% confidence interval for the Baseline average.

3- Repeat Points 1 and 2 for the Post variable.

4- Is there a significant difference between the Baseline and Post average? Make an analysis based on both confidence and p-value.

5- Write a short summary of what you found.

A researcher who has not had any course in statistics analyzes the same data using a two-sample method. He considers the data from before and after treatment as if they came from two random sample of patients.

Here you can use the dataset ef2.sav; The data represents the ejaculation fraction before and after a treatment. The measurements are the same as in ef1.sav, but the data structure is slightly different and the ID variable has been removed.

6- Perform the test performed by the researcher. What conclusion do you get? Compare these conclusions you received when analyzing the data in point 4.

7- What's wrong with this method? Why do you get different conclusions when using the two different methods? Consider this based on the effectiveness goals and the uncertainty of the effect goals you get when using the two methods.

EF2 SPSS FILE

TIME

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

EF (ejection fraction)

54
57
47
54
57
62
54
51
51
59
47
54
54
53
54
56
59
55
57
58
51
42
58
55
61
54
58
55
57
54
60
48
55
60
54
59
48
54
59
64
53
52
50
61
45
54
55
54
57
57
62
57
57
59
55
42
61
57
64
56
59
57
60
55
59
49
55

THESE TWO VARIABLES, TIME AND EF(ejection fraction) ARE PART OF EF2 SPSS FILE.

Explanation / Answer

Answered for part 1

The data set EF1.SAV contains percentages of fractional fraction, made by 34 subjects in an imaginary clinical study. The efficacy fraction (EF) was calculated before and after treatment, given with the baseline and post variables, while ID is patient number.

Tests of Normality

Kolmogorov-Smirnova

Shapiro-Wilk

Statistic

df

Sig.

Statistic

df

Sig.

Baseline

0.209

34

0.001

0.935

34

0.044

a. Lilliefors Significance Correction

Kolmogorov-Smirnov test value 0.209, P=0.001 which is < 0.05 level. The test is significant. The data is not normally distributed.

2- Calculate average and standard deviation for Baseline, and find a 95% confidence interval for the Baseline average.

Descriptives

Statistic

Std. Error

Baseline

Mean

54.59

0.723

95% Confidence Interval for Mean

Lower Bound

53.12

Upper Bound

56.06

5% Trimmed Mean

54.78

Median

55.00

Variance

17.765

Std. Deviation

4.215

Minimum

42

Maximum

62

Range

20

Interquartile Range

4

Skewness

-0.911

0.403

Kurtosis

1.429

0.788

95% CI = (53.12, 56.06).

3- Repeat Points 1 and 2 for the Post variable.

Descriptives

Statistic

Std. Error

Post baseline

Mean

55.88

0.848

95% Confidence Interval for Mean

Lower Bound

54.16

Upper Bound

57.61

5% Trimmed Mean

56.13

Median

57.00

Variance

24.471

Std. Deviation

4.947

Minimum

42

Maximum

64

Range

22

Interquartile Range

5

Skewness

-0.859

0.403

Kurtosis

1.037

0.788

95% CI= (54.16, 57.61)

Tests of Normality

Kolmogorov-Smirnova

Shapiro-Wilk

Statistic

df

Sig.

Statistic

df

Sig.

Post baseline

0.146

34

0.064

0.945

34

0.089

a. Lilliefors Significance Correction

Kolmogorov-Smirnov test value 0.146, P=0.064 which is > 0.05 level. The test is not significant. The data is approximately normally distributed

4- Is there a significant difference between the Baseline and Post average? Make an analysis based on both confidence and p-value.

Paired Samples Statistics

Mean

N

Std. Deviation

Std. Error Mean

Pair 1

Baseline

54.59

34

4.215

0.723

Post baseline

55.88

34

4.947

0.848

Paired Samples Test

Paired Differences

t

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Mean

Std. Deviation

Std. Error Mean

95% Confidence Interval of the Difference

Lower

Upper

Pair 1

Baseline - Post baseline

-1.294

1.528

0.262

-1.827

-0.761

-4.938

33

0.000

5- Write a short summary of what you found.

The data are paired. Paired sample t test is used. Calculated t=-4.938, P=0.000 which is < 0.05 level. Ho is rejected. We conclude that there is a significant difference between the Baseline and Post average.

Tests of Normality

Kolmogorov-Smirnova

Shapiro-Wilk

Statistic

df

Sig.

Statistic

df

Sig.

Baseline

0.209

34

0.001

0.935

34

0.044

a. Lilliefors Significance Correction