Research Question- Is there a significant difference in the number of accidental overdose deaths in Montgomery County in 2017 and 2018?

Research Question/Alternative Hypothesis- There is a significant difference in the number of accidental overdose deaths in Montgomery County in 2017 and 2018?

Null Hypothesis- There is no significant difference in the number of accidental overdose deaths in Montgomery County in 2017 and 2018.

Perform an independent t-test on your data sets from 2017-2018 and 2018-2019; review the p value of the tests. Are there significant differences between these years. Explain your findings.

• 2017

Mean 47.16667

Standard Error 5.586555

Median 39.5 2018 2019

Mode 36

Standard Deviaton 19.35239

Sample Variance 374.5152

Kurtosis -1.01317

Skewness 0.388154

Range 63

Minimum 18

Maximum 81

Sum 566

Count 12

Confidence Level (95.0%) 12.29592

*2018

Mean 24.25

Standard Error 1.538028

Median 24.5 Median 25

Mode 22

Standard Deviation 5.327885

Sample Variance 28.38636

Kurtosis 0.327012

Skewness -0.11063

Range 20

Minimum 14

Maximum 34

Sum 291

Count 12

Con*dence Level (95.0 %) 3.385177

*2019

Mean 24

Standard Error 1.249242

Median 25

Mode 26

Standard Deviation 4.327502

Sample Variance 18.72727

Kurtosis 0.16766

Skewness -0.19384

Range 16

Mininum 16

Maximum 32

Sum 288

Count 12

• Con*dence Level (9Con*dence Level (95.0 %) 2.749564