Repeat the analysis in Exercise 20.2 using the appropriate one-tailed test. Kapp, Frysinger, Gallagher, and Hazelton (1979)
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Kapp, Frysinger, Gallagher, and Hazelton (1979) have demonstrated that lesions in the amygdale can reduce certain responses commonly associated with fear (e.g., decreases in heart rate).
If fear is really reduced by the lesion, it should be more difficult to train an avoidance response in those animals because the aversiveness of the stimulus will consequently be reduced. Assume two groups of rabbits: One group has lesions in the amygdala, and the other is an untreated control group. The following data represent the number of trials to learn an avoidance response for each animal.
(a) Analyze the data using the MannWhitney test (two-tailed).
(b) What would you conclude?
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Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
ISBN: 978-1285076911
8th Edition
Authors: David C. Howell
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