A market research firm reported the mean annual earnings of all family practitioners in the United States was . A random sample of family practitioners in Los Angeles had mean earnings of with a standard deviation of . Do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that the mean salary for family practitioners in Los Angeles is greater than the national average? Use the level of significance and the -value method with the - calculator.

Two researchers are attempting to create a new psychotherapy protocol that more reduces panic attacks. they believe that they have succeeded and are now in the clinical trial period of their protocol's development. they are working with several cohort groups, some of which have been through the new protocol, while others have done the standard protocol currently recommended. if these researchers are interested in evaluating the difference in the percentage of test subjects who successfully decreased their panic attacks in 2 months on the new protocol versus the percentage of test subjects who successfully decreased their panic attacks in 2 months with the traditional protocol, which of the following statistical tests would be most appropriate? a. analysis of variance (anova) b. correlation c. chi-square test d. paired t-test e. independent t-test