Is the number of visits significantly less for the dog

Reference no: EM13623745

Siegal found that elderly people who owned dogs were less likely to visit the doctor after upsetting events than were those who did not own pets. In a replication study, a sample of elderly dog owners were compare to a similar group (in terms of age & health) who did not own dogs. The researcher recorded the number of visits to the doctor for the past year for each person. The data is below

Control group	Dog owners
10	7
8	4
7	9
9	3
13	7
7
6
12

Is the number of visits significantly less for the dog owners than for the participants in the control group? Use a one tailed test with alpha level set at p<.05

Reference no: EM13623745

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