The degree of clinical agreement among physicians on the presence or absence of generalized lymphadenopathy was assessed in 32 randomly selected participants from a prospective study of male sexual contacts of men with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or an AIDS-related condition (ARC) [8]. The total number of palpable lymph nodes was assessed by each of three physicians. Results from two of the three physicians are presented in Table 8.15.
Compute a 95% CI for the true
Table 8.15 Reproducibility of assessment of number of palpable lymph nodes among sexual contacts of AIDS or ARC patients
Perform the test in Problem 8.40, and report a p-value.
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