A study is designed to investigate whether there is a difference in response to various treatments in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
A study is designed to investigate whether there is a difference in response to various treatments in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The outcome is patient’s self-reported effect of treatment. The data are shown below. Is there a significant difference in THE PROPORTIONS of patients who show improvement between treatment 1 and 2? Run the test at a 5% level of significance.
| Symptoms
Worsened |
No Effect | Symptoms Improved | Total | |
| Treatment 1 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 50 |
| Treatment 2 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 50 |
1. Critical Value:
2. Computed Statistic:
3. Based on comparing the computed statistic and the critical value, which of the following is true?
a) there is statistical evidence at 0.05 alpha that there is a difference in the proportions of treatment 1 and 2?
b) there is not statistical evidence at 0.05 alpha that there is a difference in the proportions of treatment 1 and 2?
c) there is statistical evidence at 0,05 alpha, that there IS NOT a difference in the proportion of treatment 1 and 2?
d) A and C