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Case: Throughout the course, there will be a self-study Discussion pertaining to an important concept or topic covered within the assigned week. These Discussions are designed to give you the opportunity to collaborate with your peers and faculty, test your knowledge, ask questions, practice research analysis, and assist your peers. Get top-rated assignment assistance now!

You are not required to post to this forum; however, you are encouraged to post, review the posts of others, as well as answer questions and/or provide clarity and collaboration with your peers. Discussions will be graded as either Complete or Incomplete.

To prepare:
• Read and view the Learning Resources in Doherty & Skalsky and in Dang et al. (2021) in Required Readings.
• View the video on comparison of means.
Use this Discussion to collaborate with your peers and faculty as an open office hours/ Q&A forum.
Post answers to the following:
• Interpret independent sample t-test results and explain the relevance to the research question (Cook et al., 2024).
• Compare and contrast Cook et al. (independent samples t test) to DeFusco et al. (2023) or Markiewicz et al. (2023) (paired t test) results.
o How did the subjects differ in the two studies?
o Differentiate between clinical value and statistical significance.
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For this Self-Study Discussion, you may post throughout Week 4. You are not required to post to this forum; however, you are encouraged to post, review the posts of others, as well as answer questions and/or provide clarity and collaboration with your peers. Discussions will be graded as either Complete or Incomplete.
Post answers to any or all of the following:
• Interpret independent sample t-test results and explain the relevance to the research question (Cook et al., 2024).
• Compare and contrast Cook et al. (independent samples t-test) to DeFusco et al. (2023) or Markiewicz et al. (2023) (paired t-test) results.
• How did the subjects differ in the two studies?
• Differentiate between clinical value and statistical significance.
Our interactive discussion addresses the following learning objectives:
• Interpret comparison of mean (t-test) data in a published study
• Differentiate between dependent observations and independent observations