A clinical trial is planned to compare an experimental medication designed to lower blood pressure …
February 24th, 2022
2. A clinical trial is planned to compare an experimental medication designed to lower blood pressure to a placebo. Before starting the trial, a pilot study is conducted involving 10 participants. The objective of the study is to assess how systolic blood pressure changes over time untreated. Systolic blood pressures are measured at baseline and again 4 weeks later. Compute a 95% confidence interval for the difference in blood pressures over 4 weeks. Baseline 4 Weeks 120 122 145 142 130 135 160 158 152 155 143 140 126 130 121 120 115 124 135 130