Ten females were divided into two equal groups. One group wastaught how to concentrate on their breathing (a breathingmeditation). A second group was told to imagine that the day wasvery hot and that they would be allowed to place their hand in coolwater. Both groups placed their right hand in buckets of ice waterfor three minutes. Afterward, they rated their pain on a scale ofone to seven (with seven meaning intense pain). Analyze the dataand conclude whether the any of the methods was effective inreducing pain.
A. What is the dependent variable?
B. What is the null and alternate hypothesis?
C. Calculate t and note the critical values
D. Calculate d
E. Write your results and interpretations with appropriate statnotations.
Breathing Meditation Imagination
3 4
2 5
4 7
3 6
2 6
