Problem 9.1, page 176 from Zar (1999)
Output from SigmaStat
Paired t-test: Saturday, September 30, 2000, 22:00:58
Normality Test: Passed (P = 0.152)
Group N Missing
nitrogen oxide 11 0
hydrocarbons 11 0
Group Mean Std Dev SEM
nitrogen oxide 83.727 16.888 5.092
hydrocarbons 85.818 16.443 4.958
Difference -2.091 4.277 1.289
t = -1.621 with 10 degrees of freedom. (P = 0.136)
95 percent confidence interval for difference of means: -4.964 to 0.782
The change that occurred with the treatment is not great enough to exclude the
possibility that the difference is due to chance (P = 0.136)
Power of performed test with alpha = 0.050: 0.202
The power of the performed test (0.202) is below the desired power of 0.800.
You should interpret the negative findings cautiously.
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