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1. The document summarizes an assignment involving analysis of data from a clinical trial of two new pain medications and probabilities related to eating at restaurants in a shopping mall. 2. The clinical trial involved 566 subjects testing two new pain medications (Drug A and Drug B) over 12 weeks and tracking various side effects. 3. A second question involves the probability of eating at restaurants with unsatisfactory health conditions if it's known that 3 out of 7 restaurants in a shopping mall failed inspections.

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1. The document summarizes an assignment involving analysis of data from a clinical trial of two new pain medications and probabilities related to eating at restaurants in a shopping mall. 2. The clinical trial involved 566 subjects testing two new pain medications (Drug A and Drug B) over 12 weeks and tracking various side effects. 3. A second question involves the probability of eating at restaurants with unsatisfactory health conditions if it's known that 3 out of 7 restaurants in a shopping mall failed inspections.

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ESF0064 FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICS ASSIGNMENT 2 (INDIVIDUAL) FEBRUARY 2012

Name: Ng Pik Yee Student ID: YM1160496 Section: 1 Lecturers Name: Md. Rahim b. Mohd Jais

Questions A. Assume that following an injury you received from playing your favourite sport, you obtain and read information on the new pain medications. In that information, you read of a study that was conducted to test the side effects of two new pain medications. Use the following table to answer the questions and decide which, if any, of the two new pain medications you will use. Number of side effects in 12 week clinical trial

Placebo Side effect Upper respiratory congestion Sinus headache Stomach ache Neurological headache Cough Lower respiratory congestion n=192 10 11 2 34 22 2

Drug A n=186 32 25 46 55 18 5

Drug B n=188 19 32 12 72 31 1

1. How many subjects were in the study? Answer: 192 + 186 + 188 = 566 subjects

2. How long was the study? Answer: 12 weeks

3. What were the variables under study? Answer: The variables are the type of pain reliever and the side effects.

4. What is the probability that a randomly selected person was receiving a placebo? Answer: P (placebo) = 192 / 566 = 0.339 or = 33.9%

5. What is the probability that a person was receiving a placebo or Drug A? Are these mutually exclusive events? What is the complement to this event? Answer: P (placebo or Drug A) = (192 + 186) / 566 = 378 / 566 = 0.668 or = 66.8% They are mutually exclusive events and the complement to this event was receiving Drug B.

6. What is the probability that a randomly selected person was receiving a placebo or experienced a neurological headache? Answer: P (placebo or experienced a neurological headache) = (192+ 55 + 72) / 566 = 319 / 566 = 0. 564 or = 56.4 %

7. What is the probability that a randomly selected person was not receiving a placebo or experienced a sinus headache? Answer: P (not receiving a placebo or experienced a sinus headache) = (186 + 188) / 566 + (11/566) = (374 /566) + (11 / 566) = 0.661 + 0.019 = 0.68 = 68%

B. Assume you run a business in a famous shopping mall. You came across in the newspaper one day that 3/7 restaurants in the mall itself had unsatisfactory health conditions that were found. Assume you eat 10 times a week in the mall, answer the following questions.

1. Compute a binomial distribution table to compute this data. Answer: Binomial formula = nCxpxqn-x n = 10 p=3/7 = 0.4286 q=4/7 = 0.5714 X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 P(X) 0.00371 0.02783 0.09394 0.18790 0.24664 0.22200 0.13877 0.05948 0.01673 0.00279 0.00021

2. How likely is it that you will eat at three restaurants with unsanitary conditions? Answer: P (x=3) = 0.18790

3. How likely is it that you will eat at four or five restaurants with unsanitary conditions? Answer: P (x=4+5) = 0.24664 + 0.22200 =0.46864

4. Find the mean. What can you conclude from the mean? Answer: Mean =X.P(X) = 10 x (3 / 7) = 4.286 It means that every 10 restaurants we enter, 4 restaurants will be unclean.

5. Calculate the standard deviation for this distribution. Answer: = 10 x (3 / 7) x (4 / 7) = 1.565

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