In: Statistics and Probability
In a study of heart surgery, one issue was the effect of drugs called beta-blockers on the pulse
rate of patients during surgery. The available subjects were divided at random into two groups of
40 patients each. One group received a beta-blocker; the other group received a placebo. The
pulse rate of each patient at a critical point during the operation was recorded. The treatment
group had a mean pulse rate of 57 and standard deviation 7. For the control group, the mean
pulse rate was 60 and the standard deviation was 5.
(a) Construct and interpret a 93% confidence interval for the difference in mean pulse rates.
(b) Perform the 5 steps of Hypothesis Testing.