document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=133400>Question 133400</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Does lovastatin (a cholesterol-lowering drug) reduce the risk of heart attack? In a Texas study,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "researchers gave lovastatin to 2,325 people and an inactive substitute to 2,081 people (average age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "58). After 5 years, 57 of the lovastatin group had suffered a heart attack, compared with 97 for the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "inactive pill. (a) State the appropriate hypotheses. (b) Obtain a test statistic and p-value. Interpret the results at &#945; = .01. (c) Is normality assured? (d) Is the difference large enough to be important?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(e) What else would medical researchers need to know before prescribing this drug widely? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) State the appropriate hypothesis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ho: p(lovastation)-P(placebo)>=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ha: p(lovastation)-p(placebo)<0 ; Ha is the Claim<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) Obtain a test statistic and p-value. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I ran a 2-Prop Z Test on a TI calculator to get the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "test statistic: z=-3.9868<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p-value = P(-10 < z < -3.9868) = 0.00033496<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Interpret the ressults at a=.01<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Because the p-value is less than 1%, Reject Ho.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The test results support the Claim that lovastation is effective.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(c) is normality assured?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'll let you answer that<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(d) Is the difference large enough to be important? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The test results show there is a statistically significant difference.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(e) What else would medical researchers need to know before prescribing this drug widely? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'll leave that to you.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. \r<BR>\n" );
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