A Health Educator Wants to Evaluate the Effect of a Dental

question 37

Multiple Choice

A health educator wants to evaluate the effect of a dental film on the frequency with which children brush their teeth. A random selection of 8 children are used for the experiment. First, a baseline of the number of times the children brush their teeth over a month's period is established. Next, the children are shown the dental film and again the number of teeth brushings are recorded for a month. The following data are recorded. Assume you are evaluating H 0 with the t test.Using a = .05 2 tail , t crit = _________.

• A) +2.365
• B) ±2.365
• C) ±2.145
• D) +2.365.

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