A researcher at UNLV wished to determine if either a high protein or a high carb diet would lead to the most weight loss.The researcher selected a sample of 24 volunteers and randomly assigned 12 to each diet group.The research hypothesis was that a difference in weight loss would exist between the two diets.Use the following data to solve the problem.

High Protein High Carb

5 1

4 4

8 3

7 2

5 5

9 4

10 3

4 6

8 3

7 4

8 2

6 3

• What is the dependent variable in this study?
• What is the independent variable in this study?
• Which statistical test should be used to analyze the data?
• What would be the null hypothesis for his study?
• What would be the alternate hypothesis for this study?
• Is this a one or two-tailed hypothesis?
• What is the value for the t-statistic for this data?
• What is the p-value for this analysis?
• Based on the results of this study, what would be the researchers' conclusion?
• What type of error could have been made in this study