Hoaglin, Mosteller, and Tukey (1983) present data on blood levels of beta-endorphin as a function of stress.

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Hoaglin, Mosteller, and Tukey (1983) present data on blood levels of beta-endorphin as a function of stress. They took beta-endorphin levels for 19 patients 12 hours before surgery, and again 10 minutes before surgery. The data are presented below, in fmol/ml:

ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 hours 10.0 6.5 8.0 12.0 5.0 11.5 5.0 3.5 7.5 5.8 10 minutes 6.5 14.0 13.5 18.0 14.5 9.0 18.0 42.0 7.5 6.0 ID 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 12 hours 4.7 8.0 7.0 17.0 8.8 17.0 15.0 4.4 2.0 10 minutes 25.0 12.0 52.0 20.0 16.0 15.0 11.5 2.5 2.0 Based on these data, what effect does increased stress have on endorphin levels?

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