Discuss the below:
Q1: In a clinical trial of Lipitor, a common drug used to lower cholesterol, 863 patients were given a treatment of 10-mg Atorvastatin tablets. Among them, 19 patients experienced flu symptoms and 844 patients did not (based on data from Pfizer, Inc.).
a) What would you think that the most appropriate distribution is to apply to the situation? Explain why.
b) Estimate the probability that a patient taking the drug will experience flu symptoms.
c) Is this unusual for a patient taking the drug to experience flu symptoms in (b)? Explain.
Q2: How could you know that the chance of getting such symptoms is ONLY 2.15%, which you sounded that it was too small to ignore? Why would you think that 2.15% is insignificant in this situation?
e) Is this unusual to find that among 863 patients, there are 19 who experience flu symptoms in d)? Explain.
Q3: Prof So you are saying that this time 0.0754 is significant, aren't you? What argument did you use in [4] c) when asked "usual" or not?