A medical researcher wishes to investigate the effectiveness of exercise versus diet in losing weight. Two groups of 25 overweight adult subjects are used, with a subject in each group matched
to a similar subject in the other group on the basis of a number of physiological variables. One of
the groups is placed on a regular program of vigorous exercise but with no restriction on diet, and
the other is placed on a strict diet but with no requirement to exercise. The weight losses after 20
weeks are determined for each subject, and the difference between matched pairs of subjects
(weight loss of subject in exercise group - weight loss of matched subject in diet group) is
computed. The mean of these differences in weight loss is found to be - 2 lb with standard
deviation s = 4 lb. Is this evidence of a difference in mean weight loss for the two methods? To
answer this question, you should use
(a) one-proportion z test
(b) one-sample i test
(c) one-sample z test
(d) one-proportion z interval
(e) one-sample t interval