(SOLVED) MATH 225N Week 7 Discussion: Hypothesis Testing

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

  • Textbook: Chapter 9
  • Lesson
  • Minimum of 1 scholarly source

In your reference for this assignment, be sure to include both your text/class materials AND your outside reading(s).

Initial Post Instructions

Describe a hypothesis test study that would help your work or conclusions in some way. Describe what variable would be tested and what would be your guess of the value of that variable. Then include how the result, if the null were rejected or not, might change your conclusions or actions in some way.

Follow-Up Post Instructions

Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.

Writing Requirements

  • Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up)
  • APA format for in-text citations and list of references

SOLUTION

Professor and Class,

Hypothesis testing according to Holmes et al (2018) focuses on evaluating how plausible an hypothesis is, by using a sample data. A hypothesis test study that would be helpful to my work would be assessing whether obesity is correlated with type 2 diabetes. From this, the null and alternative hypothesis for my study would be as follows:

H0: There is no correlation between obesity and type 2 diabetes

H1: There is a positive correlation between obesity and type 2 diabetes

The independent variable in this regard is obesity, while type 2 diabetes is the dependent variable. Rejecting the null hypothesis would be a clear indication that the study found out that there is a correlation between the two variables. As such, I would seek to suggest ways to address the obesity problem in efforts to minimize the chances of type 2 diabetes. Some of the recommended ways of addressing obesity include introducing a healthy balanced diet as well physical exercise. controlling the obesity rates would definitely play a role in reducing the cases of type 2 diabetes.

References

Grams, J., & Garvey, W. T. (2015). Weight Loss and the Prevention and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Using Lifestyle Therapy, Pharmacotherapy, and Bariatric Surgery: Mechanisms of Action. Current obesity reports, 4(2), 287–302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-015-0155-x

Holmes, A., Illowsky, B. & Dean, S. (2018). Introductory business statistics. Houston, Texas: OpenStax.