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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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Discussion• The value <strong>of</strong> d is the difference between patients <strong>of</strong> the same age,one in the control <strong>and</strong> one in the treated group.• Let x k represent an arbitary age, if we have patients both <strong>of</strong> agex k then;ŷ T − ŷ C = 87.96 + 1.04(x k ) − 73.88 + 1.04(x k )ŷ T − ŷ C = 87.96 − 73.88ŷ T − ŷ C = 14.08• The 95% confidence interval for treatment difference is now14.08 ± t 13 3.81814.08 ± 8.247• Confidence interval is (5.84,22.33), Now zero is excluded indicatingthat the treatment increases the blood pressure.• Introducing Age has reduced the residual effect.• This new confidence interval is known as the Adjusted ConfidenceInterval• So by introducing Age we have changed the confidence intervalbetween the two groups.• The unadjusted (crude) confidence interval is (-8.14,20.64)• The adjusted confidence interval is (5.84,22.33)• It is clear that there was an effect <strong>of</strong> age.250

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