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9.Clinical trials of Oxycoting. Oxycoting is a drug used to treat pain, but it is well known for its addictiveness and danger. In a clinical trial, among subjects treated with Oxycotin, 52 developed nausea and 175 did not develop nausea. Among other subjects given placebos, 5 develop nausea and 40 did not develop nausea. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the proportion of people that develop nausea is greater among the people that take Oxycoting.
Solution
Here we will use two proprtion z- test
(5) Conclusion
It is concluded that the null hypothesis Ho is rejected. Therefore, there is enough evidence to claim that the proportion of people that develop nausea is greater among the people that take Oxycoting, at the 0.05 significance level.