Reference no: EM132851144

Step 1

Read the following situation.

A major health study indicated that there's a birth month effect for schizophrenia. If a child is born during a certain month, he or she has a significantly higher chance of developing schizophrenia later in life, however, the chance of developing schizophrenia only increases by 1 in 10 million.

Step 2

Post your answer the following question.

Based on what you know about t-tests, how can there be a significant difference for that particular month when there's such a small increase in the chances of developing schizophrenia?

Base on the given scenario, formulate an applicable test as follows:

• Formulate or conduct a two-sample t-test for difference between two population means using independent samples and interpret the results
• Conduct a two-sample t-test for dependent samples to test mean difference for a population of paired data and interpret the results
• Given a hypothesis, identify the appropriate statistical technique for testing it
• Determine whether two samples are independent or dependent