Referring to the study of Exercise 1: a) Is the alternative to the null hypothesis more naturally

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Referring to the study of Exercise 1:
a) Is the alternative to the null hypothesis more naturally one sided or two-sided?
b) The P-value from a clinical trial testing the hypothesis is 0.0028. What do you conclude?
c) What would you have concluded if the P-value had been 0.28?


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A very large study showed that aspirin  reduced the rate of first heart attacks by 44%. A pharmaceutical  company thinks they have a drug that will be more effective than  aspirin, and plans to do a randomized clinical trial to test the new  drug. What is the null hypothesis the company will use?

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ISBN: 9780134668420

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Authors: Richard D De Veaux, Paul F Velleman, David E Bock, Nick Horton

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