a) Is there some evidence to suggest that the placebo works? Explain. b) Use the Four-Step-Procedure to perform a significant test at alpha value: 0.10. c) Based on the conclusion in part b), should the doctor continue to prescribe this placebo to his patients? Explain.

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Problem 1: Drugs that help reduce pains always have negative sign effects due to chemicals.
Sometimes pains are due to psychological thinking. A placebo is a fake drug that makes you
think you are taking a real drug, except that it has no chemical in it. A doctor, who specializes in
treating headaches, is wondering whether he should prescribe the new, and costly placebo to
help his patients with chronic headache. If he has convincing evidence that more than 25% of
the patients feel better when taking this placebo, then he would prescribe it. Otherwise, he
would not. To test it, he randomly prescribed it to 50 patients. 14 of them said they feel better.
a) Is there some evidence to suggest that the placebo works? Explain.
b) Use the Four-Step-Procedure to perform a significant test at alpha value: 0.10.
c) Based on the conclusion in part b), should the doctor continue to prescribe this placebo to his
patients? Explain.
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 1: Drugs that help reduce pains always have negative sign effects due to chemicals. Sometimes pains are due to psychological thinking. A placebo is a fake drug that makes you think you are taking a real drug, except that it has no chemical in it. A doctor, who specializes in treating headaches, is wondering whether he should prescribe the new, and costly placebo to help his patients with chronic headache. If he has convincing evidence that more than 25% of the patients feel better when taking this placebo, then he would prescribe it. Otherwise, he would not. To test it, he randomly prescribed it to 50 patients. 14 of them said they feel better. a) Is there some evidence to suggest that the placebo works? Explain. b) Use the Four-Step-Procedure to perform a significant test at alpha value: 0.10. c) Based on the conclusion in part b), should the doctor continue to prescribe this placebo to his patients? Explain.
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Sample proportion = 14/50 = 0.28

n = 50

Population proportion = 0.25

 

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