Edexcel S4 2012 June — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS4 (Statistics 4)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicWilcoxon tests

  1. A medical student is investigating whether there is a difference in a person's blood pressure when sitting down and after standing up. She takes a random sample of 12 people and measures their blood pressure, in mmHg , when sitting down and after standing up.
The results are shown below.
PersonA\(B\)CD\(E\)F\(G\)\(H\)I\(J\)\(K\)\(L\)
Sitting down135146138146141158136135146161119151
Standing up131147132140138160127136142154130144
The student decides to carry out a paired \(t\)-test to investigate whether, on average, the blood pressure of a person when sitting down is more than their blood pressure after standing up.
  1. State clearly the hypotheses that should be used and any necessary assumption that needs to be made.
  2. Carry out the test at the \(1 \%\) level of significance.
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