Question

A staff member at UF's Wellness Center is interested in seeing if a new stress reduction program will lower employees systolic blood pressure levels. Twenty people are selected and have their blood pressure measured. Each person then participates in the stress reduction program. One month after the stress reduction program, the systolic blood pressure levels of the employees were measured again. Did the program reduce the average systolic blood pressure level? Note: Differences were taken by taking "before systolic blood pressure" minus "After blood pressure"
The 95% confidence interval was (5.6, 10.2).

A. On average, the blood pressure levels before the stress reduction program were significantly higher than the systolic blood pressure levels after the stress reduction program, at the 95% confidence level

B. We are 95% confident that there is no difference in average systolic blood pressure levels before and after the stress reduction program.

C. On average, the systolic blood pressure levels after the stress reduction program were significantly higher than the systolic blood pressure levels before the stress reduction program, at the 95% confidence level.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. On average the blood pressure levels before the stress reduction program were significantly higher than the systolic blood pressure levels after the stress reduction program, at 95% confidence level

Step-by-step explanation:

The confidence interval parameters is intended to detect if the new stress reduction program will lower the systolic blood pressure levels of employees

The difference between the the mean systolic blood pressure levels taken = The before systolic pressure - The after systolic blood pressure

The 95% confidence interval obtained = (5.6, 10.2)

Therefore, given that the values of the difference between the means are both positive, then there a difference as the confidence interval does not include zero (0), and at the 95% confidence level, the average systolic blood pressure levels before the stress reduction program are higher than the average systolic blood pressure levels after the program