15.3 – Clinical Trial of Lipitor. Lipitor is the trade name of the drug atorvast

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15.3 – Clinical Trial of Lipitor. Lipitor is the trade name of the drug atorvastatin, which is used to reduce cholesterol in patients. (Until its patent expired in 2011, this was the largest selling drug in the world, with annual sales of $13 billion.) Adverse reactions have been studied in clinical trials, and the table below summarizes results for infections in patients from different treatment groups (based on data from Parke-Davis). Use a 0.01 significance level to test the claim that getting an infection is independent of the treatment. Does the atorvastatin treatment appear to have an effect on infections?

Step 1: Press 2nd and then MATRX. Select EDIT.

Step 2: Enter the dimensions of matrix (2*4).

Step 3: Press STAT-TESTS and select x 2 . Scroll down & press ENTER.

Step 4: Record the:

Test Statistic:

Critical Value:

P-value:

Explanation / Answer

The test statistics for this test is 0.77

Critical value is 0.26

p-value is 0.8566

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