Elementary Statistics 2nd Edition
Elementary Statistics 2nd Edition
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ISBN: 9781259724275
Author: William Navidi, Barry Monk
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10.2, Problem 15E

Pain after surgery: In a random sample of 50 patients undergoing a standard surgical procedure, required medication for postoperative pain. In a random sample of 90 patients undergoing a new procedure, only 16 required pain medication.

  1. Construct a confidence interval for the difference in the proportions of patients needing pain medication between the old and new procedures.
  2. A physician claims that the proportion of patients who need pain medication is the same for both procedures. Does the confidence interval contradict this claim?

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