In a hypothetical study, a pharmaceutical company is interested in finding the dosage of a new medication that best treats panic attacks. Ninety people, who are diagnosed with panic attacks, were randomly assigned to three groups: (1) 20 milligrams of the new drug, (2) 30 milligrams of the new drug, and (3) 40 milligrams of the new drug.After 30 days on the medication, each participant records the number of panic attacks they have experienced in the previous seven days.What hypothesis testing technique should the researcher use to analyze the data? Paired t-test Two-sample t-test z-test for the population mean ANOVA
Question
In a hypothetical study, a pharmaceutical company is interested in finding the dosage of a new medication that best treats panic attacks. Ninety people, who are diagnosed with panic attacks, were randomly assigned to three groups: (1) 20 milligrams of the new drug, (2) 30 milligrams of the new drug, and (3) 40 milligrams of the new drug.After 30 days on the medication, each participant records the number of panic attacks they have experienced in the previous seven days.What hypothesis testing technique should the researcher use to analyze the data? Paired t-test Two-sample t-test z-test for the population mean ANOVA
Solution
The researcher should use ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) for this study. This is because there are more than two groups in the study (20mg, 30mg, and 40mg of the new drug), and ANOVA is used to compare the means of three or more groups. The other tests mentioned (Paired t-test, Two-sample t-test, z-test for the population mean) are typically used when comparing only two groups or pairs.
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