Question

95% confident that the true mean difference in mean crying time after being given a vitamin K shot between infants using conventional methods and infants held by their mothers is between ____________and ___________________. In other words, the mean crying time of infants given vitamin K shot using conventional methods is anywhere from ______________ less than to _______________more than the mean crying time of infants given vitamin K shot using new methods.

Answer 1

Solution :

Two sample T-test and CI : Conventional methods, New methods

Two sample T for conventional method Vs new method

                                                  N        Mean           StDev     Se Mean

Conventional mean                 30        35.3              20.8         3.8

New methods                          30         35.1              22.3          4.1

Difference = μ (conventional method) - μ (new method)

Estimate for difference : 0.17

95% CI for difference : (-10.976, 11.309)

T-Test of difference = 0(vs <): T-value = 0.03   P-value =0.5119  DF = 57

95% confident that the true mean difference in mean crying time after being given a vitamin K shot between infants using conventional methods and infants held by their mothers is between -10.976 and 11.309. In other words, the mean crying time of infants given vitamin K shot using conventional methods is anywhere from -10.976 less than to 11.309 more than the mean crying time of infants given vitamin K shot using new methods.