1. A medical facility was testing their new cardiac treatment program, they test
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1. A medical facility was testing their new cardiac treatment program, they tested the program on patients on severe conditions. The program shows that the treatment is highly successful, the survival rate of the participating patients had a large increase and the result was significant. a. (3 points) What is the omitted variable in this evaluation? b. (6 points) What is the sign of the bias? Show your steps. c. (3 points) Should the true effectiveness of the treatment be bigger or smaller than the evaluation shows?
Explanation / Answer
a) Omitted variable in evaluation is patients health condition and related demographic variables ..
b) the sign of the bias is + as the result is significant and survival rate of patient showed increase with the testing of program
c) the true effectiveness of the treatment should be smaller than the evaluation showed.
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