An herbalist interested in natural remedies wants to assess the effectiveness of the Tutsle root (a fictitious plant) in reducing fever. The investigator recruits a group of patients who have fevers and records the temperature of each person. Next, each participant is given one cup of Tutsle root tea. An hour later, the investigator takes each participant’s temperature again.
Data set: Ch 07 – Exercise 08A.sav Codebook Variable: ID Definition: Participant ID Type: Alphanumeric Variable: pretest Definition: Body temperature before tea (°F) Type: Continuous Variable: posttest Definition: Body temperature after tea (°F) Type: Continuous
1. Write the hypotheses.
2. Run the criteria of the pretest checklist (normality for posttest − pretest) and discuss your findings.
3. Run the paired t test and document your findings (means and significance [p value], hypothesis resolution).
4. Write an abstract up to 200 words detailing a summary of the study, the paired t test results, hypothesis resolution, and implications of your findings.
