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A Drug Company wishes to do a clinical trial on a new antidepressant drug, “summer”. Four...

A Drug Company wishes to do a clinical trial on a new antidepressant drug, “summer”. Four groups of clinically depressed participants receive: 0 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, and 15 mg of “summer”.  Depressed patients are not active so activity level as measured by the Turkey Activity Sale (TAS) was used after a two-month trial. Results were:

            Activity Level (TAS)

0 mg

5 mg

10 mg

15 mg

7

5

9

13

5

4

11

10

5

6

12

9

4

6

10

9

4

5

9

10

4

4

8

9

6

7

11

11

A.        State the Independent Variable and the Dependent Variable.

B.        State the null hypothesis in words and symbols.

C.        Compute the appropriate statistic.

D.        What is your decision?

E.         State the full conclusion in words, after computing, if necessary multiple comparisons.

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