Question

Gaming and distracted eating, Part I: A group of researchers are interested in the possible effects of distracting stimuli during eating, such as an increase or decrease in the amount of food consumption. To test this hypothesis, they monitored food intake for a group of 50 patients who were randomized into two equal groups. The treatment group ate lunch while playing solitaire, and the control group ate lunch without any added distractions. Patients in the treatment group ate an average of 52.1 grams of biscuits, with a standard deviation of 45.1 grams, and patients in the control group ate an average of 27.1 grams of biscuits, with a standard deviation of 26.4 grams. Do these data provide convincing evidence that the average food intake (measured in amount of biscuits consumed) is different for the patients in the treatment group? Assume that conditions for inference are satisfied and use a significance level of α = 0.05.

The degrees of freedom associated with this test are:

The test statistic for the hypothesis test is: (2 decimal places please)

Answer 1

Test statistic :3.35

degrees of freedom :98