Overview
For this discussion post, we are going to run a hypothesis test based on a claim made by a nutrition company. Read the following:
A new weight loss medication claims that the average person taking their medication will lose at least 10 pounds in 60 days. We created an experiment where we used 20 people who took the medication and weighed them up front, then weighed them again after 60 days. The net loss is computed by taking initial weight – weight after 60 days. The following represent the individuals weight loss:
| Person | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Net Loss | -2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 13 | -1 | -1 | 14 | 11 | -1 |