QUESTION 11 A pharmacologist decided to test two common headache-tablets for their effectiveness: Tablet A 500mg and...

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  1. A pharmacologist decided to test two common headache-tablets fortheir effectiveness: Tablet A 500mg and Tablet B 20 mg. Theexperiment was conducted as follows: A random patient that walkedinto the clinic and complained of a headache was given eithertablet A, tablet B, or a placebo. After swallowing the tablet thepatient was asked to stay in the clinic for an hour and afterwardsto report whether the headache had disappeared, improved, or if thetablet had no effect (i.e. no improvement or even a worsening ofthe headache intensity). Use a 1% level of significance to test theclaim that headache status is independent of headache relief tabletused.

    Headache Disappeared

    Headache Improved

    No Change

    Total

    Tablet A

    70

    20

    15

    105

    Tablet B

    70

    10

    20

    100

    Placebo

    50

    30

    25

    105

    Total

    190

    60

    60

    310


    Contingency Table: Headache 4
    Hypotheses:
    H0: Headache status is independent of headacherelief tablet used.
    H1: Headache status is dependent on headacherelief tablet used.

    Expected Values:
    Complete the 3x3 table of expected outcomes (round values to 3decimal places).

      

    Headache Disappeared

    Headache Improved

    No Change

    Tablet A

    _____

    20.323

    ______

    Tablet B

    _____________

    19.355

    Placebo

    64.355

    _____________


                                  
    Results:
    Calculate the  test statistic (use two decimalplaces).

    ________
    State the p-value (round answer to the nearest hundredth of apercent - i.e. 1.53%)

    p-value =________

    Conclusion:
    We_________ sufficient evidence to support the claim that patientheadache status is dependent on which headache relief tablet wasused (p_____ 0.01).
    (Use “have” or “lack” for the first blank and “<” or “>” forthe second blank.)

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