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### Clinical Trial Analysis

In a large clinical trial, 399,884 children were randomly assigned to two groups. The treatment group consisted of 201,068 children who were given a vaccine for a certain disease, and 26 of those children developed the disease. The other 198,816 children were given a placebo, and 91 of those children developed the disease. Consider the vaccine treatment group to be the first sample. Complete parts (a) through (d) below.

#### Part (a)

a. Assume that a 0.10 significance level will be used to test the claim that \( p_1 < p_2 \). Which is better: A hypothesis test or a confidence interval?

[Dropdown Menu: Hypothesis test or Confidence interval] is better.

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Transcribed Image Text:### Clinical Trial Analysis In a large clinical trial, 399,884 children were randomly assigned to two groups. The treatment group consisted of 201,068 children who were given a vaccine for a certain disease, and 26 of those children developed the disease. The other 198,816 children were given a placebo, and 91 of those children developed the disease. Consider the vaccine treatment group to be the first sample. Complete parts (a) through (d) below. #### Part (a) a. Assume that a 0.10 significance level will be used to test the claim that \( p_1 < p_2 \). Which is better: A hypothesis test or a confidence interval? [Dropdown Menu: Hypothesis test or Confidence interval] is better. --- The image does not contain any graphs or diagrams. The content provided is the initial part of a statistical problem concerning a clinical trial, with details about the samples and an introduction to the analysis question. The dropdown menu is intended for the user to select between a hypothesis test or a confidence interval for the given significance level.
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