Fundamentals of Statistics (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134508306
Author: Michael Sullivan III
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11.1, Problem 25AYU
Side Effects In clinical trials of the allergy medicine Clarinex (5 mg), 3307 allergy sufferers were randomly assigned to either a Clarinex group or a placebo group. It was reported that 50 out of 1655 individuals in the Clarinex group and 31 out of 1652 individuals in the placebo group experienced dry mouth as a side effect of their respective treatments.
Source: www.clarinex.com
- a. What type of experimental design is this?
- b. What is the response variable? Is it qualitative or quantitative?
- c. What is the explanatory variable? How many levels does the treatment have?
- d. The clinical trial was double-blind. What does this mean?
- e. Why is it important to have a placebo group?
- f. Does the sample evidence suggest that the proportion of individuals experiencing dry mouth is greater for those taking Clarinex than for those taking a placebo at the α = 0.05 level of significance?
- g. Do you believe the difference between the groups is practically significant?
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