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Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Homework #6 Independent Sample Data
Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Homework #6 Independent Sample Data
Name:
Instructor:
Course:
Date:
Homework #6
The endurance scores of two independent groups of patients are as indicated in the following
table. The patients in the treatment group were randomly assigned the synthetic hormone
erythropoietin or EPO, while those in the control group were assigned a neutral harmless
substance.
Table 1
The independent sample t-test is the appropriate test to evaluate the effect of the synthetic
hormone erythropoietin or EPO on the endurance level. Using the independent t-test, the
average endurance scores of the two independent groups are compared to determine whether
they differ significantly. The results of the independent sample t-test used to compare the
endurance scores of the treatment group and the control group are as follows.
Group Statistics
Lower Upper
Equal
variances .000 1.000 2.152 10 .057 5.000 2.324 -.178 10.178
assumed
Score
Equal
variances not 2.152 9.878 .057 5.000 2.324 -.186 10.186
assumed
The null and alternative hypotheses used to evaluate the mean difference between the two
H0: Average endurance scores of the EPO group and control group are equal.
H1: Average endurance scores of the EPO group and control group differ.
The obtained t-value from the independent t-test is 2.152. The p-value (Sig. 2-tailed) also
derived from the independent t-test is p = 0.057. This p-value is greater than the 0.05
significance level. Therefore, we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is
no significant difference between the average endurance scores of the EPO group and the
control group. The results obtained from the independent t-test indicate no significant
differences between the average endurance scores of the two independent groups. This
implies that patients do not have better endurance when dope using the synthetic hormone
erythropoietin or EPO.
Surname 3
The following table indicates the endurance scores of patients assigned to both the treatment
and controlled conditions. The endurance level of each patient was measured twice, once
under EPO treatment conditions and the second time under controlled conditions.
Table 2
The paired sample t-test is the appropriate test to evaluate the effect of the synthetic hormone
erythropoietin or EPO on the endurance level. The results of the paired sample t-test are
indicated as follows.
N Correlation Sig.
Lower Upper
The following are the null and alternative hypotheses used to evaluate the effect of EPO
In the paired sample t-test, the obtained t-value is 7.319. The p-value (Sig. 2-tailed) from the
paired sample t-test is p = 0.001. Notably, the p-value (p = 0.001) is less than the 0.05
significance level. Therefore, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the synthetic
hormone erythropoietin or EPO has a significant effect on the endurance level of patients.
These results imply that when patients dope using the synthetic hormone erythropoietin or
EPO, they have a better endurance level than when they have not doped.
The independent sample t-test and the paired sample t-test showed different results that led to
different conclusions. The independent t-test led to the failure to reject the null hypothesis
and the conclusion that the average endurance scores of the EPO treatment group and control
group do not differ significantly. Conversely, in the paired sample t-test, the null hypothesis
was rejected, and a conclusion was made that the synthetic hormone erythropoietin or EPO
has a significant effect on endurance level. Notably, the independent sample t-test compares
the means of two independent groups. However, the paired sample t-test evaluates the
difference between the paired scores of paired samples. Thus, in the paired sample t-test, the
endurance scores of a patient when doped and when not doped are compared. The differences
in the results and conclusions can therefore be attributed to the differences between the two
types of t-tests.
Surname 5
Works Cited
Green, S. B. Using SPSS for Window and Macintosh: Analyzing and Understanding data
(5th ed.), Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. 2008.