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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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Flu vaccine example• There were 169 people involved in the study.• There were 84 people assigned to a Vaccine group, from that group9 people contracted the flu• There were 85 people assigned to a Placebo group, from this group22 people contracted the fluFactor 2Treatment Flu No Flu TotalVaccine 84Placebo 85169• Total number <strong>of</strong> participants - 169• Number <strong>of</strong> people in Vaccine group - 84• Number <strong>of</strong> people in Placebo group - 85Factor 2Treatment Flu No Flu TotalVaccine 9 [75] 84Placebo 22 [63] 85169• 9 out <strong>of</strong> the 84 people in the Vaccine group contracted the flu• 22 out <strong>of</strong> the 84 people in the Placebo group contracted the fluFactor 2Treatment Flu No Flu TotalVaccine 9 75 84Placebo 22 63 85[31] [138] 169• The total number <strong>of</strong> people with flu <strong>and</strong> without flu can be calculatedusing addition.142

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