Months lived after treatment (Control Group)

1. 2
2. 2
3. 3
4. 1
5. 9
6. 8
7. 2
8. 2
9. 1
10. 12
11. 5
12. 5
13. 3
14. 5
15. 5
16. 12
17. 11
18. 23
19. 2
20. 1
21. 9
22. 2
23. 3
24. 2
25. 4
26. 5
27. 3
28. 5
29. 7
30. 5

Months lived after treatment ( Treatment Group)

1. 4
2. 6
3. 8
4. 8
5. 9
6. 55
7. 8
8. 6
9. 8
10. 44
11. 43
12. 5
13. 2
14. 2
15. 1
16. 2
17. 1
18. 2
19. 6
20. 67
21. 32
22. 54
23. 32
24. 2
25. 12
26. 5
27. 2
28. 6
29. 3
30. 5

directions for Take Home Assignment

1. List the null and alternative hypotheses
2. Show the work you did to complete the means of the groups
3. Show the statistics you used to determine the difference of means
4. Discuss whether you rejected or failed to reject the Null Hypothesis based on the statistics you completed
5. Discussed the p value you used and why
6. Since this is a medical experiment, discuss the risks and concerns with Type 1 and Type 2 errors.

Design a study to examine if a new type of medication is beneficial in the treatment of cancer. Discuss how you will set up the study, number of patients you will place in the treatment and the control groups. What is the minimum number of patients for each group? What are some of the ethical issues involved in the treatment/no treatment? How will you measure if the medication is effective in prolonging the life span of an individual with cancer?

Treatment Group:

(life span since beginning treatment in years)

See Table 1

Control Group

(Life span since beginning treatment in years)

See Table 2

What type of statistics would you use? What would you use for p values and why?

Administer the statistics and discuss whether the results are statistically significant or not.

What is your null hypothesis?

What is your alternative hypothesis?

What are the consequences of Type 1 and Type 2 Errors?