EXERCISES

1. Torre et al. * recorded the changes in rat cerebral and extracerebral (platelet) serotonin (5HT) after intraperitoneal administration of LSD-25 and 1-methyl-d-lysergic acid butanolamide (UML). They also took measurements on 11 controls. The results are shown in the Table 1. Do these data provide sufficient evidence to indicate a difference among the three groups? Brain serotonin (5-HT), nanograms per gram, in three groups of mice Controls LSD,0.5 mg/kg UML,0.5 mg/kg 340 294 263 340 325 309 356 325 340 386 340 356 402 356 371 402 371 371 417 385 402 433 402 417 495 557

Table 1
* Torre, Michele, Filippo Bogetto, and Eugenio Torre, Effect of LSD-25 and 1-methyl-d-lysergic asid Butanomide on Rat Brain and Platelet Serotonin Levels, Psychopharmacologia, 36 (1974),117-122.

2. The expenditures in dollars per pupil for states in three sections of the country are listed below. At = 0.05, can it be concluded that there is a difference in spending between regions?

Eastern third 6701 6708 9186 6786 9261

Middle third 9854 8414 7279 7311 6947

Western third 7584 5474 6622 9673 7353

3. Samples of four different cereals show the following numbers of calories for the suggested servings of each brand. At = 0.05, is there a difference in the number of calories for the different brands? Brand A 112 120 135 125 108 121 Barand B 110 118 123 128 102 101 Brand C 109 116 125 130 128 132 Barand C 106 122 130 117 116 114