Experiment on the side effects of pain relievers


An experiment on the side effects of pain relievers assigned arthritis patients to take one of several over-the-counter pain medications. Of the 445 patients who took one brand of pain reliever, 25 suffered some "adverse symptom." Does the experiment provide strong evidence that fewer than 10% of patients who take this medication have adverse symptoms?

(a) H0: p and Ha: p

(b) The test statistic is (Use 2 decimal places)

(c) The p-value is (Use 4 decimal places)

(d) Therefore, we can conclude that (choose all that apply)

The data does provide statistical evidence at the 0.05 significance level that fewer than 10% of arthritis patients taking the pain medication experience adverse symptoms.

The data does provide statistical evidence at the 0.05 significance level that fewer than 10% of these 445 arthritis patients taking the pain medication experience adverse symptoms.

The data does not provide statistical evidence at the 0.05 significance level that fewer than 10% of arthritis patients taking the pain medication experience adverse symptoms.

The data does provide statistical evidence at the 0.05 significance level that 5.62% of arthritis patients taking the pain medication experience adverse symptoms.

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