Question

The “fear for negative evaluation” score for 17 female students known to suffer from the
eating disorder bulimia, and 14 female students with normal eating habits were compared to
determine whether the distribution of the scores for Bulimic female students ( population A)
is shifted to the right of the corresponding distribution for female students with normal eating
habits. (population B) If T2 = 148 conduct the test and give the conclusion, using a level of
significance of 0.06.

Answer 1

There is insufficient evidence to conclude that the distribution of the scores for Bulimic female students ( population A) is shifted to the right of the corresponding distribution for female students with normal eating habits.