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QuestionIn a large clinical trial, 398,546 children were randomly assigned to two groups. The treatment group consisted of 197,285 children given a vaccine for a certain disease, and 28 of those children developed the disease. The other 201,261 children were given a placebo, and 98 of those children developed the disease. Consider the vaccine treatment group to be the first sample. Identify the values of n1,p^1,q^1,n2,p^2,q^2,pˉn_{1}, \hat{p}_{1}, \hat{q}_{1}, n_{2}, \hat{p}_{2}, \hat{q}_{2}, \bar{p}, and qˉ\bar{q}. n1=n_{1}=\square

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

What is this asking? We need to calculate some important values from a clinical trial that tested a vaccine, like how many kids were in each group and what percentage got sick. Watch out! Don't mix up the groups – keep the vaccine group and the placebo group separate!
Also, remember that q^\hat{q} is just 1p^1 - \hat{p}.

STEP 2

1. Define the groups and their sizes.
2. Calculate p^\hat{p} and q^\hat{q} for each group.
3. Calculate pˉ\bar{p} and qˉ\bar{q}.

STEP 3

The **first group** (n1n_1) is the treatment group (the kids who got the vaccine).
There are **197,285** children in this group, so n1=197,285n_1 = 197,285.

STEP 4

The **second group** (n2n_2) is the placebo group (the kids who didn't get the vaccine).
There are **201,261** children in this group, so n2=201,261n_2 = 201,261.

STEP 5

p^1\hat{p}_1 is the proportion of kids in the **vaccine group** who got the disease. **28** kids in the vaccine group got sick, out of a total of **197,285**.
So, p^1=28197,2850.000142\hat{p}_1 = \frac{28}{197,285} \approx 0.000142.

STEP 6

q^1\hat{q}_1 is the proportion of kids in the **vaccine group** who *didn't* get the disease.
Since q^1\hat{q}_1 is just 1p^11 - \hat{p}_1, we have q^1=10.000142=0.999858\hat{q}_1 = 1 - 0.000142 = 0.999858.

STEP 7

p^2\hat{p}_2 is the proportion of kids in the **placebo group** who got the disease. **98** kids in the placebo group got sick, out of a total of **201,261**.
So, p^2=98201,2610.000487\hat{p}_2 = \frac{98}{201,261} \approx 0.000487.

STEP 8

q^2\hat{q}_2 is the proportion of kids in the **placebo group** who *didn't* get the disease.
Since q^2\hat{q}_2 is just 1p^21 - \hat{p}_2, we have q^2=10.000487=0.999513\hat{q}_2 = 1 - 0.000487 = 0.999513.

STEP 9

pˉ\bar{p} is the proportion of *all* the kids in the study who got the disease, regardless of whether they got the vaccine or the placebo.
There were 28+98=12628 + 98 = 126 kids who got sick, out of a total of 197,285+201,261=398,546197,285 + 201,261 = 398,546 kids.
So, pˉ=126398,5460.000316\bar{p} = \frac{126}{398,546} \approx 0.000316.

STEP 10

qˉ\bar{q} is the proportion of *all* the kids who *didn't* get the disease.
Since qˉ\bar{q} is just 1pˉ1 - \bar{p}, we have qˉ=10.000316=0.999684\bar{q} = 1 - 0.000316 = 0.999684.

STEP 11

n1=197,285n_1 = 197,285, p^10.000142\hat{p}_1 \approx 0.000142, q^10.999858\hat{q}_1 \approx 0.999858, n2=201,261n_2 = 201,261, p^20.000487\hat{p}_2 \approx 0.000487, q^20.999513\hat{q}_2 \approx 0.999513, pˉ0.000316\bar{p} \approx 0.000316, and qˉ0.999684\bar{q} \approx 0.999684.

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