The medical researcher is comparing two treatments for

Last updated: 5/3/2023

The medical researcher is comparing two treatments for lowering cholesterol diet and meds The researcher wants to see if the patients who receive the recommendation to change their diet have less success lowering cholesterol compared to a prescription of meds A random sample of some patients who received the recommendation to change their diet and others who were prescribed meds was taken The results of how many did or did not lower their cholesterol are shown below Ho What can be concluded at the 0 10 level of significance For this study we should use Select an answer a The null and alternative hypotheses would be Hi Select an answer C Select an answer Select an answer Data on Diet vs Meds for Weight Loss Diet Select an answer Yes 391 No 228 b The test statistic c The p value d The p value is Q e Based on this we should f Thus the final conclusion is that Meds 601 284 Select an answer please enter a decimal Please enter a decimal Select an answer please show your answer to 3 decimal places Please show your answer to 4 decimal places Select an answer the null hypothesis The results are statistically significant at a 0 10 so there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the population of all patients who received the recommendation to change their diet is less likely to lower their cholesterol than the population of patients who are prescribed meds The results are statistically insignificant at a 0 10 so we can conclude that the success rate for all patients who receive the recommendation to change their diet is equal to the success rate for all patients who are prescribed meds The results are statistically insignificant at a 0 10 so there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the population of all patients who received the recommendation to change their diet is less likely to lower their cholesterol than the population of patients who are prescribed meds