The amount of oxygen consumption was measured in six individuals over two ten-minute periods while sitting with their eyes closed. During one period, they listened to an exciting adventure story; during the other, they heard restful music. Based on the results shown in the datafile, is oxygen consumption less when listening to the music? Use the .01 significance level. Use the steps of hypothesis testing
Explain the results to someone who understands mean, standard deviation and variance but knows nothing else about statistics. (follow the examples on pages 255-258 in the textbook about how to write up your results from t -test output for an article)
Please use the following data file to run a paired sample t-test in SPSS (I have a “how to” video for paired sample t-tests in Week 9 Overview)
Ch 7 Oxygen consumption.xlsxDownload Ch 7 Oxygen consumption.xlsx
You can import this file or copy/ paste it into SPSS. Run a t-test for dependent means
Is there a significant difference? Answer the questions above – for a & b
COPY/ PASTE your results from SPSS into a Word Document. Answer a and b