1. A new drug for pain relief is being tested within a given palliative care population. The new drug is being compared to an already approved pain relief drug that is commonly used in providing palliative care to patients who experience chronic severe pain. Assume the patients are asked to rate the pain on a scale from 1 to 10, and the data presented below was obtained from a small study designed to compare the effectiveness of the two drugs. Set up and interpret the results of a Mann-Whitney U test with an alpha of .05. Pain Rating as Reported by Patients Old Drug 1 2 2 4 6 New Drug 1 2 2 3 7 Total Sample (Ordered Smallest to Largest) RanksOld Drug New Drug Old Drug New Drug Old Drug New Drug 1 1 1 1 1.5 1.5 2 2 2 2 4.5 4.5 2 2 2 2 4.5 4.5
1. A new drug for pain relief is being tested within a given palliative care population. The new
drug is being compared to an already approved pain relief drug that is commonly used in
providing palliative care to patients who experience chronic severe pain. Assume the patients are
asked to rate the pain on a scale from 1 to 10, and the data presented below was obtained from a
small study designed to compare the effectiveness of the two drugs. Set up and interpret the
results of a Mann-Whitney U test with an alpha of .05.
Pain Rating as Reported by Patients
Old Drug 1 2 2 4 6
New Drug 1 2 2 3 7
Total Sample
(Ordered Smallest to
Largest)
RanksOld Drug New Drug
Old Drug New Drug Old Drug New Drug
1 1 1 1 1.5 1.5
2 2 2 2 4.5 4.5
2 2 2 2 4.5 4.5
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