Question

A researcher testing the effects of two treatments for anxiety computed a 95% confidence interval for the difference between the mean of treatment 1 and the mean of treatment 2. If this confidence interval includes the value of zero, then she should reject the null hypothesis that the two population means are equal: true or false?

Answer 1

Answer:

False

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that a researcher testing the effects of two treatments for anxiety computed a 95% confidence interval for the difference between the mean of treatment 1 and the mean of treatment 2

Also that  confidence interval includes zero.

When confidence interval includes zero, we need not reject the null hypothesis since null hypothesis claims that difference =0

When confidence interval includes 0 it confirms that there is no difference and hence null hypothesis should be accepted.