A Physician Claims That a Person's Diastolic Blood Pressure Can

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A physician claims that a person's diastolic blood pressure can be lowered, if, instead of taking a drug, the person listens to a relaxation tape each evening. Ten subjects are randomly selected. Their blood pressures, measured in millimeters of mercury, are listed below. The 10 patients are given the tapes and told to listen to them each evening for one month. At the end of the month, their blood pressures are taken again. The data are listed below. Use the Wilcoxon signed rank test to test the physician's claim. Use ? = 0.05. $$\begin{array} { l c c c c c c c c c c } \hline \text { Patient } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 10 \\\hline \text { Before } & 80 & 91 & 87 & 99 & 86 & 81 & 95 & 84 & 93 & 94 \\\text { After } & 77 & 85 & 87 & 91 & 80 & 70 & 98 & 74 & 89 & 78 \\\hline\end{array}$$