(PLEASE TYPE THE ANSWERS) (STATISTICS 500)
In a large clinical​ trial, 390 comma 827390,827 children wererandomly assigned to two groups. The treatment group consisted of194 comma 857194,857 children given a vaccine for acertain​disease, and 3030 of those children developed the disease.The other 195 comma 970195,970 children were given a​ placebo, and9494 of those children developed the disease. Consider the vaccinetreatment group to be the first sample. Complete parts​ (a)through​ (d) below
a. Assume that a
0.050.05
significance level will be used to test the claim that
p 1p1less than
Which is​ better: A hypothesis test or a confidence​interval?
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A confidence interval
A hypothesis test
is better.
b. In​ general, when dealing with inferences for two population​proportions, which two of the following are​ equivalent: confidenceinterval​ method; P-value​ method; critical value​ method?
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Confidence interval method and critical value methodConfidenceinterval method and critical value method
Confidence interval method and Upper P dash valuemethodConfidence interval method and P-value method
Upper P dash value method and critical value methodP-valuemethod and critical value method
are​ equivalent, in that they will always lead to the sameconclusion. Both of these methods use a standard deviation basedon
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estimated values of the population proportions,
the assumption that the two population proportions areequal,
whereas the other method uses a standard deviation based on
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the assumption that the two population proportions areequal.
estimated values of the population proportions.
c. If a
0.050.05
significance level is to be used to test the claim that
p 1p1less than
what confidence level should be​ used?
nothing​%
​(Type an integer or a​ decimal.)
d. If the claim in part​ (c) is tested using this sample​ data,we get this confidence​ interval:
negative 0.000419−0.000419less than
What does this confidence interval suggest about the​ claim?
Because the confidence interval
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does not contain
contains
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0,
the critical value,
the significance level,
the pooled sample proportion,
there
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appears to be
does not appear to be
a significant difference between the two proportions. Becausethe confidence interval consists
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only of values less than
only of values greater than
of values both less than and greater than
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0,
the pooled sample proportion,
the significance level,
the critical value,
it appears that the first proportion is
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less than
greater than
not significantly different from
the second proportion. There is
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insufficient
sufficient
evidence to support the claim that the rate of polio is less forchildren given the vaccine than it is for children given aplacebo.