A Pharmaceutical Company Wishes to Test a New Drug with the Expectation

Essay

A pharmaceutical company wishes to test a new drug with the expectation of lowering cholesterol levels. Ten subjects are randomly selected and pretested. The results are listed below. The subjects were placed on the drug for a period of 6 months, after which their cholesterol levels were tested again. The results are listed below. (All units are milligrams per deciliter.) Test the company's claim that the drug lowers cholesterol levels. Use α = 0.01. Assume that the distribution is normally distributed.