You wish to test the following claim (Ha\displaystyle {H}_{{a}}) at a significance level of α=0.002\displaystyle \alpha={0.002}. For the context of this problem, μd=μ2μ1\displaystyle \mu_{{d}}=\mu_{{2}}-\mu_{{1}} where the first data set represents a pre-test and the second data set represents a post-test.     

Ho:μd=0\displaystyle {H}_{{o}}:\mu_{{d}}={0}
Ha:μd0\displaystyle {H}_{{a}}:\mu_{{d}}\ne{0}

You believe the population of difference scores is normally distributed, but you do not know the standard deviation. You obtain pre-test and post-test samples for n=39\displaystyle {n}={39} subjects. The average difference (post - pre) is d=9.1\displaystyle \overline{{d}}={9.1} with a standard deviation of the differences of sd=17.3\displaystyle {s}_{{d}}={17.3}.

  1. What is the test statistic for this sample?

    test statistic = Round to 3 decimal places.

  2. What is the p-value for this sample? Round to 4 decimal places.

    p-value =

  3. The p-value is...


  4. This test statistic leads to a decision to...


  5. As such, the final conclusion is that...