In: Statistics and Probability
The following data was collected in a clinical trial evaluating a new compound designed to improve wound healing in trauma patients. The new compound is compared against a placebo. After treatment for 5 days with the new compound or placebo the extent of wound healing is measured and the data are shown below.
Percent Wound Healing |
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Treatment |
0-25% |
26-50% |
51-75% |
76-100% |
New Compound (n=125) |
15 |
37 |
32 |
41 |
Placebo (n=125) |
36 |
45 |
34 |
10 |
Is there a difference in the extent of wound healing by treatment? (Hint: Are treatment and the percent wound healing independent?) Run the appropriate test at a 5% level of significance.
a. Set up hypotheses and determine level of significance
b. Set up decision rule
c. Compute the test statistic