Ten individuals have participated in a diet modification program to stimulate weight loss. Their weight bothbefore and after participation in the program is shown below:Before195,213,247,201,187,210,215,246,294,310
After187,195,221,190,175,197,199,221,278,285
Is there evidence to support the claim that this particular diet-modification program is effective in producingmean weight reduction? Computep-value and state your conclusion usingα= 0.05.
(a)p-value<0.0005; rejectH0(b)p-value<0.0005; do not rejectH0(c)0.25< p-value<0.40; rejectH0(d)0.25< p-value<0.40; do not rejectH0(e)None of the preceding