An experiment was conducted to test the effects of alcohol. The errors were recorded in a test of v


Question: An experiment was conducted to test the effects of alcohol. The errors were recorded in a test of visual and motor skills for a treatment group of people who drank ethanol and another group give a placebo. The results are shown in the accompanying table (based on data from “Effects fo Alcohol Intoxication on Risk Taking, Strategy, and Error Rate in Visuomotor Performance,” by Streufert et al., Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 77, No. 4). Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the difference between the two population means. Do the results support the common belief that drinking is hazardous for drivers, pilots, ship captains, and so on? Why or why not?

Treatment Group Placebo Group
n1 = 22 n2 = 22
x-bar1 = 4.20 x-bar2 = 1.71
s1 = 2.20 s2 = 0.72
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