Brain area of interest


A researcher predicts that the listening to music while solving math problems will make a specific brain area more active. To test this, a research participant has her brain scanned while listening to music as well as solving math problems, and the brain area of interest has a percentage signal change of 58. From many previous studies with this same math problems procedure (but not listening to music), it is known that the signal change in this brain area is normally distributed with a mean of 35 and a standard deviation of 10. (a) Using the .01 level, what should the researcher conclude? Solve this problem explicitly using all five steps of hypothesis testing, and illustrate your answer with a sketch showing the comparison distribution, the cutoff (or cutoffs), and the score of the sample on this distribution. (b) Then explain your answer to someone who has never had a course in statistics (but who is familiar with mean, standard deviation, and Z scores).

Request for Solution File

Ask an Expert for Answer!!
Basic Statistics: Brain area of interest
Reference No:- TGS0850650

Expected delivery within 24 Hours