[See Solution] In a clinical trial of Lipitor, a common drug used to lower cholesterol, 863 patients were given a treatment of 10-mg Atorvastatin tablets.
Question: In a clinical trial of Lipitor, a common drug used to lower cholesterol, 863 patients were given a treatment of 10-mg Atorvastatin tablets. Among them, 19 patients experienced flu symptoms and 844 patients did not (based on data from Pfizer, Inc.).
- Estimate the probability that a patient taking the drug will experience flu symptoms.
- Is this unusual for a patient taking the drug to experience flu symptoms? Explain.
- If you know that the probability of flu symptoms for a person not receiving any treatment is 0.019, what is the probability that there are 19 who experience flu symptoms among 863 patients? Explain.
- Is this unusual to find that among 863 patients, there are 19 who experience flu symptoms in c)? Explain.
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