A study was undertaken in a hospital to compare the performance of a new surveillance method to the standard method in the ability to detect patients who develop an infection after a caesarean section. Individual record data from this study is provided in the file called surveillence.dta. The dataset contains the following variables: ID: Patient identificat
A study was undertaken in a hospital to compare the performance of a new surveillance method to the standard method in the ability to detect patients who develop an infection after a caesarean section. Individual record data from this study is provided in the file called surveillence.dta.
The dataset contains the following variables:
ID: Patient identification number new:
Assessment of cases by the new surveillance method (1=Positive, 2=Negative) standard:
Assessment of cases by the standard method (1=Positive, 2=Negative)
ID |
new |
standard |
1 |
negative |
negative |
2 |
negative |
negative |
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negative |
negative |
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negative |
negative |
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negative |
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negative |
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a) State the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis for this study.
b) Construct a 2 × 2 table to report the data provided.
c) conduct a test to test your null hypothesis.
d) Copy and paste the test into your assignment. Why is this test appropriate?
e) Write a brief conclusion summarising your results.
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