library(readxl)
library(ggpubr)
## Loading required package: ggplot2
library(effsize)
library(rstatix)
##
## Attaching package: 'rstatix'
## The following object is masked from 'package:stats':
##
## filter
A6Q1 <- read_excel("C:/Users/giuli/Downloads/A6Q1.xlsx")
Before <- A6Q1$Before
After <- A6Q1$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] 71.58994
median(After, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 70.88045
sd(After, na.rm = TRUE)
## [1] 6.639509
hist(Differences,
breaks = 15,
col = "blue",
border = "white")

#Data for the difference scores appears normally distributed.
boxplot(Differences,
main = "Distribution of Score Differences (After - Before)",
ylab = "Difference in Scores",
col = "blue",
border = "darkblue")

# The difference scores boxplot does not have outliers.
shapiro.test(Differences)
##
## Shapiro-Wilk normality test
##
## data: Differences
## W = 0.94757, p-value = 0.3318
#Shapiro-Wilk Difference Scores
#The data is normally distributed, (p = 0.331).
t.test(Before, After, paired = TRUE, na.action = na.omit)
##
## Paired t-test
##
## data: Before and After
## t = 1.902, df = 19, p-value = 0.07245
## alternative hypothesis: true mean difference is not equal to 0
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## -0.4563808 9.5424763
## sample estimates:
## mean difference
## 4.543048
cohen.d(Before, After, paired = TRUE)
##
## Cohen's d
##
## d estimate: 0.6284306 (medium)
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## lower upper
## -0.1035207 1.3603820
# A Dependent T-Test was conducted to determine if there was a difference in weight between Before and After.
# Before scores (M = 76.1, SD = 7.8) were significantly different from After scores (M = 71.5, SD = 6.6), t(19) = 1.9, p = 0.072)
#The effect size was medium, Cohen's d = 0.63.
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 0.359 20 20 moderate
#A Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was conducted to determine if there was a difference in After before low-calorie diet versus after Before.
#Before scores (Mdn = 75.96) were significantly different from after scores (Mdn = 70.88), V = 148, p = 0.114
#The effect size was medium, r = 0.36