PHHE 605 Homework 10

A clinical trial is conducted comparing a new pain reliever for arthritis to a placebo.Participants are randomly assigned to receive the new treatment or a placebo and the outcome is pain relief within 30 minutes. The data are shown below.

Pain Relief No Pain Relief

New Medication 44 76

Placebo 21 99

Is there a significant difference in the proportions of patients reporting pain relief? Run the test at a 5% level of significance. (Must use 4 decimal points in all work)