In: Statistics and Probability
In a study of the effectiveness of a fabric device that acts like a support stocking for a weak or damaged heart, 110 people who consented to treatment were assigned at random to either a standard treatment consisting of drugs or the experimental treatment that consisted of drugs plus surgery to install the stocking. After two years, 40% of the 60 patients receiving the stocking had improved and 30% of the patients receiving the standard treatment had improved. (Use a statistical computer package to calculate the P-value. Use pexperimental − pstandard. Round your test statistic to two decimal places and your P-value to four decimal places.)
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Do these data provide convincing evidence that the proportion of
patients who improve is higher for the experimental treatment than
for the standard treatment? Test the relevant hypotheses using a
significance level of 0.05.
Yes
No
You may need to use the appropriate table in Appendix A to answer
this question.