You are supervising a clinical trial of a medicine that appears to have a serious side effect in about 5 % of patients. To determine the magnitude of the side effect to within 1 %, e.g. 5 +/- 1 %, how big does the clinical trial have to be? Show your work/how you figure it out.

You are supervising a clinical trial of a medicine that appears to have a serious side effect in about 5 % of patients. To determine the magnitude of the side effect to within 1 %, e.g. 5 +/- 1 %, how big does the clinical trial have to be? Show your work/how you figure it out.

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

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