Suppose that a group of 10 people join a weight loss program for 3 months. Each person's weight is recorded at the beginning and at the end of the 3-month program. To test whether the weight loss program is effective, the data should be treated as:

To test the effectiveness of the weight loss program, a PAIRED SAMPLE test distribution is used.

The weight loss data collated for the program for both the beginning and end of the program period was obtained with one subject or person having two separate readings, these shows that the samples are NOT INDEPENDENT.

When performing a test which involves DEPENDENT or MATCHED samples, whereby means of two measurements taken from the SAME subject are involved, a PAIRED SAMPLE TEST DISTRIBUTION IS ADOPTED.

Therefore, the effectiveness of the weight loss programme will be accurately evaluated using a PAIRED SAMPLE TEST.

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solution:

→c= a b , that is product of a and b is possible only when when a is m × n matrix and b is n × p matrix.

that is, number of columns of a= number of rows of b.

so, size of matrix , c= a b is , if a = (m × n)matrix

b= (n × p)matrix

then a b = [ (m × n)matrix] ×[   (n × p)matrix ]

→→c= a b= [m × p ] matrix

→→size of product a b will be equal to = number of rows of a × number of columns of b