Suppose a hospital wants to evaluate the effectiveness of a new treatment for a certain disease. They randomly assign 200 patients to receive the new treatment and another 200 patients to receive the standard treatment. If the response rate for the new treatment is 60% and for the standard treatment is 40%, what is the probability that the difference in response rates between the two treatments is statistically significant at a significance level of 0.05?

Suppose a hospital wants to evaluate the effectiveness of a new treatment for a certain disease. They randomly assign 200 patients to receive the new treatment and another 200 patients to receive the standard treatment. If the response rate for the new treatment is 60% and for the standard treatment is 40%, what is the probability that the difference in response rates between the two treatments is statistically significant at a significance level of 0.05?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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