1The Sunbeam Corporation wants to test a new model of digita

1.The Sunbeam Corporation wants to test a new model of digital blood pressure gauge. A sample of 15 people was selected whose the systolic blood pressure was measured by a respected physician and immediately after their systolic blood pressure was taken using the Sunbeam monitor. Below are shown the measures for all 15 participants. Individual A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O Physician 112 109 139 141 120 99 128 118 116 120 111 123 114 121 132 Monitor 120 100 125 130 125 106 115 122 116 112 114 110 121 118 124 a.Do the data indicate that there is a difference in the measures of blood pressure taken by the physician as opposed to those taken by the digital monitor at a 5% level of significance? b.Estimate with 90% confidence the mean difference in the blood pressure measures taken by the two methods.

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