The side effect of flu syndrome was reported by 8 people taking Botox and 2 people taking a placebo. For comparing these, software reports the following results: Rows: Treatment       Columns: Flu              No                     Yes Botox    397                     8 Placebo   130                   2 Fisher's Exact test: P-value=1 1) What is the explanatory variable here? What is the response variable? 2) Why was a Fisher's exact test used here? 3) What would you conclude about the association between the explanatory variable and the response variable here?

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The side effect of flu syndrome was reported by 8 people taking Botox and 2 people taking a placebo. For comparing these, software reports the following results:

Rows: Treatment       Columns: Flu

             No                     Yes

Botox    397                     8

Placebo   130                   2

Fisher's Exact test: P-value=1

1) What is the explanatory variable here? What is the response variable?

2) Why was a Fisher's exact test used here?

3) What would you conclude about the association between the explanatory variable and the response variable here?

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