4. You are running a pharmaceutical drug trial. You divide the 100 people in the study into two groups: one group receives the drug, while the other receives a placebo. Then you assess their health to determine whose health has improved. The results are cross- tabulated below: Improved No Change 45 Drug Placebo 50 40 15 (a) What is the proportion of people whose health did not change, given they took the placebo? 15+40= 55 (b) What is the proportion of people whose health did not change, given they took the drug? 44 50= 95 bi 0 G5 O.52 11 (c) What is the proportion of people whose health has improved among all people in the trial? What is this type of proportion called? 45t 15t50 +40 150 Manginal paparton 45t15-00 0.4 150 8800 (d) Draw a stacked bar graph using your proportions from (b) and (c) and the fact that someone's health can only improve or not improve (there are only two possibilities). endo qo (e) Do you think the drug is more effective than the placebo? Why or why not? 4

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4.
You are running a pharmaceutical drug trial. You divide the 100 people
in the study into two groups: one group receives the drug, while the other receives a placebo.
Then you assess their health to determine whose health has improved. The results are cross-
tabulated below:
Improved No Change
45
Drug
Placebo
50
40
15
(a) What is the proportion of people whose health did not change, given they took the
placebo?
15+40= 55
(b) What is the proportion of people whose health did not change, given they took the drug?
44 50= 95
bi
0
G5
O.52
11
(c) What is the proportion of people whose health has improved among all people in the
trial? What is this type of proportion called?
45t 15t50 +40
150
Manginal paparton
45t15-00
0.4
150
8800
(d) Draw a stacked bar graph using your proportions from (b) and (c) and the fact that
someone's health can only improve
or not improve (there are only two possibilities).
endo qo
(e) Do you think the drug is more effective than the placebo? Why
or why not?
4
Transcribed Image Text:4. You are running a pharmaceutical drug trial. You divide the 100 people in the study into two groups: one group receives the drug, while the other receives a placebo. Then you assess their health to determine whose health has improved. The results are cross- tabulated below: Improved No Change 45 Drug Placebo 50 40 15 (a) What is the proportion of people whose health did not change, given they took the placebo? 15+40= 55 (b) What is the proportion of people whose health did not change, given they took the drug? 44 50= 95 bi 0 G5 O.52 11 (c) What is the proportion of people whose health has improved among all people in the trial? What is this type of proportion called? 45t 15t50 +40 150 Manginal paparton 45t15-00 0.4 150 8800 (d) Draw a stacked bar graph using your proportions from (b) and (c) and the fact that someone's health can only improve or not improve (there are only two possibilities). endo qo (e) Do you think the drug is more effective than the placebo? Why or why not? 4
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