Question

Some sports that involve a significant amount of running, jumping, or hopping put participants at risk of Achilles tendinopathy (AT), an inflammation and thickening of the Achilles tendon. A study in the American Journal of Sports Medicine looked at the diameter (in mm) of the affected tendons for patients who participated in these types of sports activities. Suppose that the Achilles tendon diameters in the general population have a mean of 5.97 millimetres. When the diameters of the affected tendon were measured for a random sample of 41 patients, the average diameter was 9.58 with a standard deviation of 1.95 mm. Is there sufficient evidence to indicate that the average diameter of the tendon for patients with AT is greater than 5.97 mm? Test at the 5% level of significance.

Answer 1

TOPIC:One sample t-test for population mean..

In the given scenario, the sample size is large enough (>30) to assume Normality of the population distribution.