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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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Conclusion: There is no evidence that there is any difference betweenthe effects <strong>of</strong> treatment A <strong>and</strong> treatment B.(e) Mean difference = -12, confidence interval: (-34,10).Not significant, p-value > 0.05 (confidence interval includes thenull hypothesis value <strong>of</strong> zero)Conclusive (confidence interval includes only zero, not the clinicallyimportant difference)Conclusion: Any benefit is not clinically important <strong>and</strong> it is morelikely there will be treatment harm.(f) Mean difference = -13, confidence interval: (-19,-7).Significant, p-value < 0.05 (confidence interval does not includethe null hypothesis value <strong>of</strong> zero)Conclusive (confidence interval does not include both zero or theclinically important difference)Conclusion: The new treatment is worse than treatment A <strong>and</strong>should not be pursued.(g) Mean difference = 11, confidence interval: (4,18).Significant, p-value < 0.05 (confidence interval does not includethe null hypothesis value <strong>of</strong> zero)Conclusive (confidence interval does not include both zero or theclinically important difference)Conclusion: The new treatment is better than treatment A butthe difference is not enough to be clinically important132

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