Goldman et al. (1988) analyzed data on 405 patients with white blood cell cancer (chronic myelogenous leukemia)

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Goldman et al. (1988) analyzed data on 405 patients with white blood cell cancer (chronic myelogenous leukemia) who received bone marrow transplants. They estimated the probability of relapse within 4 years of treatment to be 0.19, with a 95% confidence interval of 0.12 to 0.28. Which of the following statements are true?

a. The population proportion is 0.19.

b. The population proportion is likely to be between 0.12 and 0.28.

c. There is a 95% chance that the population proportion is between 0.12 and 0.28.

d. A population proportion of 0.30 is more plausible than a value of 0.25.

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The Analysis Of Biological Data

ISBN: 9781319226237

3rd Edition

Authors: Michael C. Whitlock, Dolph Schluter

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