library(readxl)
library(ggpubr)
## Loading required package: ggplot2
library(effectsize)
library(rstatix)
##
## Attaching package: 'rstatix'
## The following objects are masked from 'package:effectsize':
##
## cohens_d, eta_squared
## The following object is masked from 'package:stats':
##
## filter
data <- read_excel("C:/Users/kvpra/Documents/spring 2026/rlaanguage/A6Q2.xlsx")
Before <- data$Before
After <- data$After
Differences <- After - Before
mean(Before, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 76.13299
median(Before, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 75.95988
sd(Before, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 7.781323
mean(After, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 57.17874
median(After, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 58.36459
sd(After, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 14.39364
hist(Differences,
main = "Histogram of keto diet",
xlab = "weight in kgs",
ylab = "Frequency",
col = "blue",
border = "black",
breaks = 20)

#Histogram of Difference Scores
#The difference scores look [abnormally] distributed.
#The data is [ positively skewed].
#The data [ does not have] a proper bell curve.
boxplot(Differences,
main = "Distribution keto diet (After - Before)",
ylab = "Difference in weight ",
col = "blue",
border = "darkblue")

# Boxplot
# There is one outlier present below the lower whisker.
# The outlier is far from the rest of the data.
# The distribution appears positively skewed.
# Based on these findings, the data does not appear to be abnormally distributed
shapiro.test(Differences)
##
## Shapiro-Wilk normality test
##
## data: Differences
## W = 0.89142, p-value = 0.02856
# Shapiro-Wilk Difference Scores
# The data is not normally distributed (p = 0.02856).
wilcox.test(Before, After, paired = TRUE, na.action = na.omit)
##
## Wilcoxon signed rank exact test
##
## data: Before and After
## V = 210, p-value = 1.907e-06
## alternative hypothesis: true location shift is not equal to 0
df_long <- data.frame(
id = rep(1:length(Before), 2),
time = rep(c("Before", "After"), each = length(Before)),
score = c(Before, After)
)
wilcox_effsize(df_long, score ~ time, paired = TRUE)
## # A tibble: 1 × 7
## .y. group1 group2 effsize n1 n2 magnitude
## * <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <int> <int> <ord>
## 1 score After Before 0.877 20 20 large
# A Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was conducted to determine if there was a difference in weight before the keto diet versus after the keto diet.
# Before scores (Mdn = 75.96) were significantly different from after scores (Mdn = 58.36), V = 210, p < .001.
# The effect size was large, r = .88.