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Problem Statement and Interaction Area ViagraTreatment Placebo Headache 111 27 N

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Question

Problem Statement and Interaction Area

ViagraTreatment

      Placebo

     Headache  

         111

      27

No Headache

         609

     708

Use the data in the accompanying table (based on data from Pfizer, Inc., as presented in Triola & Triola). The table describes results from a clinical trial of the well-known drug Viagra. Calculate the probability that a patient receiving the placebo will have a headache.

ViagraTreatment

      Placebo

     Headache  

         111

      27

No Headache

         609

     708

Explanation / Answer

Number of people who have receivedd placebo and had an headache = 27

Number of people who have receivedd placebo = 27+708 = 725

Probability that a patient receiving the placebo will have headache = Number of people who have received placebo and had an headache / Number of people who have received placebo = 27/725 = 0.037241

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