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A health psychologist hypothesizes that patients in the hospital have white coat hypertension. White coat hypertension...

A health psychologist hypothesizes that patients in the hospital have white coat hypertension. White coat hypertension is when patients grows anxious when a person with a white coat and stethoscope walks into the examination room. To investigate, the psychologist randomly selects patients in a hospital that have come in for various minor ailments. During this visit the doctor either wears a white coat or a non-white sport coat. The patients are then asked to come in the next week for a follow-up. At the follow-up, the doctor wears the opposite of what s/he wore during the first visit. Below are the systolic pressures of the patients at each visit. What can the psychologist conclude with an α of 0.05?

white
coat
non-white
sport coat
104
126
118
117
108
102
103
115
112
105
117
115
112
124
116
118
121
113
118
108


a) What is the appropriate test statistic?
---Select--- na z-test One-Sample t-test Independent-Samples t-test Related-Samples t-test

b)
Condition 1:
---Select--- the hospital systolic pressure white coat minor ailments non-white sport coat
Condition 2:
---Select--- the hospital systolic pressure white coat minor ailments non-white sport coat

c) Compute the appropriate test statistic(s) to make a decision about H0.
(Hint: Make sure to write down the null and alternative hypotheses to help solve the problem.)
p-value =  ; Decision:  ---Select--- Reject H0 Fail to reject H0

d) Using the SPSS results, compute the corresponding effect size(s) and indicate magnitude(s).
If not appropriate, input and/or select "na" below.
d =  ;   ---Select--- na trivial effect small effect medium effect large effect
r2 =  ;   ---Select--- na trivial effect small effect medium effect large effect

e) Make an interpretation based on the results.

Patients are more significantly anxious with the doctor wearing a white coat.Patients are more significantly anxious with the doctor wearing a non-white sport coat.    Patients show no significant anxious difference with the doctor wearing a white coat or non-white sport coat.

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Due to insufficient time , i will not answer(b,d) bit .

please send the separate question ,

i will answer it . Thank you!

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