A clinical trial was conducted to test the effectiveness of a drug for treating insomnia in older subjects. Before treatment, 19 subjects had a mean wake time of
Construct the
What does the result suggest about the mean wake time of
The confidence interval the mean wake time of 101.0 min before the treatment, so the means before and after the treatment
This result suggests that the drug treatment an effect.
Step 1 :Given that the sample size (n) is 19, the mean wake time after treatment (mean_after) is 79.1 minutes, and the standard deviation (std_dev) is 20.5 minutes.
Step 2 :We are asked to construct a 90% confidence interval for the mean wake time after treatment. The z-score for a 90% confidence level is approximately 1.645.
Step 3 :The formula for a confidence interval is
Step 4 :Substituting the given values into the formula, we get
Step 5 :Calculating the margin of error gives approximately 7.7364720854500195 minutes.
Step 6 :Subtracting and adding this margin of error from the mean wake time after treatment gives the confidence interval (71.36352791454998, 86.83647208545001).
Step 7 :Rounding to one decimal place, the confidence interval is approximately (71.4 min, 86.8 min).
Step 8 :Since this interval does not include the mean wake time before treatment (101.0 min), this suggests that the drug is effective in reducing wake time.
Step 9 :