In: Statistics and Probability
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Knee Diameter (cm) |
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Contralateral Control |
OA Knee |
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Patient 1 |
16 |
18 |
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Patient 2 |
24 |
28 |
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Patient 3 |
22 |
25 |
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Patient 4 |
10 |
12 |
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Patient 5 |
24 |
27 |
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Patient 6 |
17 |
19 |
Let difference, d=OA Knee - Contralateral Control
The hypotheses are:

Enter data in excel.
Click on Data->Data Analysis.
Click on t-Test: Paired Two Sample for Means.
Enter both data ranges and click ok.
The output is shown below:

Since p-value = 0.000 is extremely small, reject the null hypothesis. With 95% confidence, we can conclude that osteoarthritis increases joint swelling in OA knees in comparison to their contralateral control knee.