A clinical trial
Question
A clinical trial is conducted comparing a new pain reliever for arthritis to a placebo. Participants are
randomly assigned to receive the new treatment or a placebo and the outcome is pain relief within 30 minutes. The data are shown below.
| Pain Relief | No Pain Relief | |
| New Medication | 44 | 76 |
| Placebo | 21 | 99 |
Is there a significant difference in the proportions of patients reporting pain relief? Run the test at a 5% level of significance.
Reject H0 if Z < ________ or if Z > ________
alpha= ________
= ________
= ________
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Z = ________
Based on comparing the computed z to the rejection level z which of the following is (are) true?