Does hypnotism appear to be effective in reducing pain

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Effectiveness of Hypnotism in Reducing Pain A study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of hypnotism in reducing pain. Results for randomly selected subjects are given in the accompanying table (based on "An Analysis of Factors That Contribute to the Efficacy of Hypnotic Analgesia," by Price and Barber, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol. 96, No. 1). The values are before and after hypnosis; the measurements are in centimeters on a pain scale.

a. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean of the "before-after" differ- ences.

b. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the sensory measurements are lower after hypnotism.

c. Does hypnotism appear to be effective in reducing pain?

Subject	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Before	6.6	6.5	9.0	10.3	11.3	8.1	6.3	11.6
After	6.8	2.4	7.4	8.5	8.1	6.1	3.4	2.0

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