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Question3. Psychologists were interested in the physiological changes that occur when a person laughed. The subjects in the study watched videos to encourage laughter. While the subjects were laughing, the researchers measured the subject's pulse. In a sample of 90 subjects, the mean heart rate was 73.5 beats per minute (bpm) with standard deviation 6 bpm . The mean resting heart rate of the population of all adults is known to be 71 bpm with standard deviation 7.5 bpm . The researchers wish to determine if the mean heart rate is elevated during laughter. In a previous example, we determined that the z -test for the mean should be conducted. a. Set up the null and alternative hypothesis for this test. b. Calculate the value of the test statistic. c. Find the p-value. d. At the α=0.05\alpha=0.05 level of significance, make a decision whether to reject H0\mathrm{H}_{0}. e. Can it be determined that the mean heart rate is elevated during laughter?

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Interpret the results.
Since we rejected the null hypothesis, we have sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean heart rate is elevated during laughter compared to the resting heart rate.

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