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Chapter 12: Hypothesis Tests – Large Samples

0.0116. This value is greater than the level of significance of 0.01 (1%).

Thus we will arrive at the same conclusion as we did using the classical

approach and fail to reject the null hypothesis..

Figure 12- 32:

Display of the Large Sample Test for the

Difference BetweenTwo Population Means

Workbook for

Example 12-15

So far, in all of the examples in this section, we were provided with

summary information. If data are provided, then we can also use the

workbook to help with the computations.

Example 12-16:

Two different medications were used to determine the

effectiveness of reducing a pain level five headache. As patients reported to

a particular pain clinic with a headache assessed to be at a level five, each

patient was given an equal dosage of one of the two medications, but not

Click here for the Large Sample Test for the Difference Between Two Population Means Workbook