Scenario 1: From the NY Times, April 27, 2015 A diet high in potassium appears to protect teenagers from high blood pressure in adulthood, while a low-salt diet has no effect, according to new research. A new study tracked the eating habits and blood pressure of 2,185 nine and ten year-old girls for almost 10 years. The study found that sodium intake had no long-term effect on the girls’ blood pressure. However, they did find that girls who ate diets high in potassium throughout adolescence had lower blood pressure than girls who ate fewer potassium-rich foods. If the researchers wanted to compare blood pressure for the sample of girls across two different time periods, which statistical test would they use?
a. Dependent t-test b. Independent t-test c. One-sample t-test d. One-sample z-test e. One-way ANOVA test f. Pearson correlation test
Scenario 1: From the NY Times, April 27, 2015 A diet high in potassium appears to protect teenagers from high blood pressure in adulthood, while a low-salt diet has no effect, according to new research. A new study tracked the eating habits and blood pressure of 2,185 nine and ten year-old girls for almost 10 years. The study found that sodium intake had no long-term effect on the girls’ blood pressure. However, they did find that girls who ate diets high in potassium throughout adolescence had lower blood pressure than girls who ate fewer potassium-rich foods. What statistical test would be performed to compare the two groups of girls (i.e., those who ate diets high in potassium and those who diets high in sodium intake) on blood pressure?
a. Dependent t-test b. Independent t-test c. One-sample t-test d. One-sample z-test e. One-way ANOVA test f. Pearson correlation test
Scenario 1: From the NY Times, April 27, 2015 A diet high in potassium appears to protect teenagers from high blood pressure in adulthood, while a low-salt diet has no effect, according to new researc...
Read the attached article and answer the following questions. 1. What is the role of potassium in blood pressure? 2. Looking back at last weeks Super Tracker report - do you meet the 4700mg daily target for potassium? 3. Do you meet the 400mg daily target for magnesium? 4. Research shows that hypertension and type 2 diabetes can be prevented by dietary choices. List 3 ways that employers, government, doctors, etc. (you can use another group ) can either motivate...