stickgold: Single Group - Stickgold Sleep Deprivation Study

Description Usage Format Details Source References

Description

An example dataset used in Chapter 6 of the book Introduction to the New Statistics to demonstrate how to calculate a confidence interval for the mean of a single group.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 21 rows and 2 variables:

sleep

Factor with one level: deprived

improvement

Changes in learning score

Details

Does learning a new skill require a regular sleep pattern? Stickgold, James, and Hobson (2000) trained 11 participants on a new skill. That night all participants were sleep deprived. The data are the changes in learning scores from before training to after: 0 represents no change, positive scores represent improvement, and negative scores decline.

Source

This is a subset of a dataset is available online https://www.statcrunch.com/app/index.php?dataid=1053539

References

Cumming, G., & Calin-Jageman, R. (2017). Introduction to the New Statistics. New York; Routledge.


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