In: Statistics and Probability
Two different pain reliever drugs, “Drug A” and “Drug B,” are developed to relieve arthritis pain. A clinical study recruits 15 individuals with arthritis. The individuals are given each drug on different days and the number of hours of pain relief for each drug is recorded. This data is in the “arthritis.csv” data file. a) State the appropriate hypotheses to test if there is a difference in the hours of pain relief for Drug A versus Drug B, using “Drug A” as sample 1. b) Use RStudio and report a 93% confidence interval for the difference. Based on this confidence interval, what conclusion can be reached with respect to the hypotheses in a)?
Data
DrugA |
DrugB |
9.3 |
12.1 |
6.5 | 6 |
8.8 | 9.3 |
8.9 | 9 |
13 | 12 |
12.4 | 13.5 |
3.8 | 4.5 |
6 | 6.6 |
4 | 4 |
3.8 | 5.5 |
7.2 | 5.2 |