MODULE 6: CHECK IN ACTIVITY 1

To find out whether a new serum would arrest leukemia, 16 patients, who had all reached an
advanced stage of the disease, were selected. Eight patients received the treatment and eight
did not. The survival was taken from the time the experiment was conducted.

Without Treatment With Treatment

1.8 3.9

2.9 4.8

3.3 4.7

3.1 4.9

2.4 4.2

1.5 4.5

1.5 5.5

1.6 4.2

PROBLEM:
Is there a significant difference in survival between the patients who received and did not
receive the treatment?

HYPOTHESIS:
Ho: There is no significant difference in survival between the patients who received and did not
receive the treatment.
Ha: There is a significant difference in survival between the patients who received and did not
receive the treatment.

LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE:
Alpha = 0.05, df = 14, alpha (0.05) = 2.145

STATISTICS AND COMPUTATION:

T-test for independent samples

DECISION RULE:
Since tc = -7.23 < tt = 2.145 at 0.05 significance level, do not reject the Ho or accept the Ho

CONCLUSION:
There is no significant difference in survival between the patients who received and did not
receive the treatment.