You are conducting a study on the effects of bio-behavioral interventions on the pain level

of patients who had an appendectomy. You have 75 patients randomly allocated to the
three interventions. You measured the intensity of their post-operative pain using FACES
scale, 1 as the lowest pain level and 10 as the highest pain level.

Deep breathing exercises Progressive muscle relaxation Suggestive hypnosis

8 10 6
6 10 7
7 8 8
9 9 7
8 9 7
8 9 6
7 8 5
6 10 6
5 9 8
6 6 7
7 10 7
8 9 4
10 10 5
8 10 6
9 9 6
6 8 7
8 8 6
7 8 5
9 9 8
8 8 4
7 10 5
6 10 6
8 8 7
10 9 6
7 9 5

Questions:
1. What do you think is the research objective of the study?

2. What should be the sampling criteria (inclusion and exclusion) for the study? Justify.

3. What sampling design/techniques should be utilized in the study? Justify

4. Conduct a hypothesis testing if you were comparing DEEP BREATHING EXERCISE AND
PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION. Show the step-by-step process of hypothesis testing
a. Null and alternative hypotheses
b. Level of significance
c. Test-statistics
d. Critical region
e. Computation of test statistics and p value
f. Decision
 g. Conclusion

5. Conduct a hypothesis testing if you were comparing three interventions altogether: DEEP
BREATHING EXERCISE, PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION & SUGGESTIVE HYPNOSIS. Show
the step-by-step process of hypothesis testing
a. Null and alternative hypotheses
b. Level of significance
c. Test-statistics
d. Critical region
e. Computation of test statistics and p value
f. Decision
g. Conclusion

6. Make an ANOVA summary table for comparing the three interventions (DEEP BREATHING
EXERCISE, PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION, SUGGESTIVE HYPNOSIS). Interpret the
summary table.