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Chapter 8 Part 1
Chapter 8 Part 1
Chapter 8 Part 1
Samples
Paired Design 1
With paired data, we are interested in
comparing the responses within each
pair. We will analyze the differences of
the responses that form each pair.
Paired Design 2
DEFINITION:
DEFINITION:
We have two independent samples when two unrelated
sets of units are measured, one sample from each
population, as in Independent Samples Design 11.3. In a
design with two independent samples, although the same
sample size is often preferable, the sample sizes might be
different.
(b) Thirty dogs were selected at random from those residing at the
humane society last month. The 30 dogs were split at random into
two groups. The first group of 15 dogs was trained to perform a
certain task using a reward method. The second group of 15 dogs
was trained to perform the same task using a reward-punishment
method. The investigator of this study will have two sets of data: the
learning times for the dogs trained with the reward method and the
learning times for the dogs trained with the reward-punishment
method. Is this a paired or independent samples design?
Circle one: Paired Independent
Explain:
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Lets Do It! 2 Design a Study
For each of the following research questions, briefly describe how you
might design a study to address the question (discuss whether paired or
independent samples would be obtained):
(a) Do freshmen students use the library to study more often than
senior students?
In a paired design, units in each par are alike (in fact, they may be the
same unit), whereas units in different pairs may be quite dissimilar.
observation for
treatment 1
observation for
treatment 2
Population of Paired Observations
D = difference = treatment 1 - treatment 2
Since we are interested in the difference for each pair, the differences
are what we analyze in paired designs.
Solution
(a) The sample mean difference is d =1.75 pounds. Note that the
differences computed as after - before represent the weight gain
for a subject. A positive value indicates weight gain and a negative
value indicates a weight loss.
(b) The sample standard deviation is SD =3.412 pounds
Paired t-Test
Hypotheses:
versus or
versus or
versus .
(a) Explain why we have paired data here and not two independent
samples.
Solution
(a) Since we have two observations from the same child, we have
paired data.
(b) The observed differences computed here as are as follows: after-before.
Child: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
d = After - Before 6 2 2 9 -4 14 2 4 9 1 Mean diff =4.5
The first observed difference is 6 and is represented by d1, and the last
difference is also positive and is represented by d10 = 1. The observed
sample mean difference is d 4.5 , which is our estimate of the unknown
mean difference, D . The observed sample standard deviation of the
differences is s D 5126
. , which is our estimate of the unknown population
standard deviation D .
4.5 0
t 2.78
(d) The observed t-test statistic is given by 5126
. .
10
This means we observed a sample mean difference that was about 2.78
standard errors above the hypothesized mean difference of zero.
Is this large enough (that is, far enough above zero) to reject the null
hypothesis?
t(9)
0 2.78
the observed test statistic of 2.78, computed using a t-
distribution with nine degrees of freedom.
In the TESTS menu located under the STAT button, we select the 2:T-
Test option. With the sample mean of 4.5, the sample standard deviation
of 5.126, and the sample size of n = 10, we can use the Stats option of
this test. The corresponding input and output screens are shown. Notice
that the null or hypothesized value is zero.