Ten pairs of individuals, matched as carefully as possible in terms of age, sex, education, and IQ


Question: Ten pairs of individuals, matched as carefully as possible in terms of age, sex, education, and IQ, have been exposed either to a sedative or to a placebo in the form of a cookie. After 30 minutes, each subject is tested on a simple task of requiring the crossing out of all the letters a on a sheet of paper containing a random assortment of letters. The number of errors (letters not crossed out) made by each subject in a 2-minute test is given below. Is there a significant difference in the mean number of errors between the two groups? Use \(\alpha \) = .05.

Pair Sedative Placebo
1 15 12
2 13 14
3 16 13
4 22 16
5 8 7
6 13 10
7 12 14
8 9 7
9 5 4
10 6 3
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