A food company has developed a high mineral sea salt (sodium). A nurse practitioner hypothesizes that getting more sodium from the new sea salt predicts a decrease in blood pressure. Below are the sodium and BP measurements for a sample of participants that regularly use the new sea salt. What can the nurse practitioner conclude with = 0.01?

Sodium	BP
8.3 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.3	167 196 190 187 149 141 145 190 175

a) What is the appropriate statistic? ---Select ONE--- na, z-test, One-Sample t-test, Independent-Samples t-test, Related-Samples t-test, One-Way ANOVA, Within-Subjects ANOVA, Two-Way ANOVA, Correlation, Slope, Chi-Square GoF, Chi-Square Independence.

Compute and input the statistic selected in a): ______ b) Obtain/compute the appropriate values to make a decision about H₀. Critical Value = _____ ;

Test Statistic = _____ ; Decision: ---Select ONE--- Reject H0, Fail to reject H0 c) Compute the corresponding effect size(s) and indicate magnitude(s). If not appropriate, input and/or select "na" below. Effect Size = _____ ;

Magnitude: ---Select ONE--- na, trivial effect, small effect, medium effect, large effect. d) Make an interpretation based on the results (CHOOSE ONE): -More sodium intake significantly predicts an increase in blood pressure.

-More sodium intake significantly predicts a decrease in blood pressure.

-Sodium intake does not significantly predict blood pressure.

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A food company has developed a high mineral sea salt (sodium). A nurse practitioner hypothesizes that getting more sodium from the new sea salt predicts a decrease in blood pressure. Below are the sodium and BP measurements for a sample of participants that regularly use the new sea salt. What can the nurse practitioner conclude with a = 0.01? Sodium BP 8.3 167 8.2 196 8.3 190 8.2 187 8.4 149 8.4 141 8.3 145 8.2 190 8.3 175 a) What is the appropriate statistic? ---Select--- v Compute and input the statistic selected in a): b) Obtain/compute the appropriate values to make a decision about Ho. Critical Value = ; Test Statistic = Decision: ---Select--- v c) Compute the corresponding effect size(s) and indicate magnitude(s). If not appropriate, input and/or select "na" below. Effect Size = ; Magnitude: --Select-- d) Make an interpretation based on the results. O More sodium intake significantly predicts an increase in blood pressure. O More sodium intake significantly predicts a decrease in blood pressure. O Sodium intake does not significantly predict blood pressure