A Sedentary Lifestyle Often Contributes to a Weight Gain

question 14

Essay

A sedentary lifestyle often contributes to a weight gain. An anonymous survey was conducted among the employees of a small office company asking for a change in the weight of a person during the year of working in the office. Data on those who agreed to respond to this survey are given below (in pounds). Provide both the paired t-test and the signed-rank sum test for this study assuming the data have a normal distribution. Use α = 0.05.
Find the test statistic and the critical value for the signed-rank sum test.
Test statistic: ___________
Critical value: ___________
Make a conclusion for the signed-rank sum test. __________________
Find the P-value for the paired t-test.
P-value: ___________
Make a conclusion for the paired t-test. __________________
Compare the results. _____________________ ​ ​

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