(ecology class) Imagine the following situation. A new disease starts to spread
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(ecology class) Imagine the following situation. A new disease starts to spread in this country. The outcome of such disease depends on the mean bacterial count per ml of blood. Patients with bacterial count of less than 4 are considered to be healthy, patients with bacterial counts 5-6 are mildly sick and do NOT require hospitalizations, patients whose count is 7 to 8 are hospitalized, and patients with bacterial count equal to 9 or more are dead. Scientists performed a trial using two drugs, A and B. Patients that took Drug A had on average 3 bacteria per ml of blood, patients with bacteria B had on average 6 bacteria. Based on your current knowledge of mean and standard deviation which of these two drugs is better; justify your answer using your statistical knowledge. (ecology class) Imagine the following situation. A new disease starts to spread in this country. The outcome of such disease depends on the mean bacterial count per ml of blood. Patients with bacterial count of less than 4 are considered to be healthy, patients with bacterial counts 5-6 are mildly sick and do NOT require hospitalizations, patients whose count is 7 to 8 are hospitalized, and patients with bacterial count equal to 9 or more are dead. Scientists performed a trial using two drugs, A and B. Patients that took Drug A had on average 3 bacteria per ml of blood, patients with bacteria B had on average 6 bacteria. Based on your current knowledge of mean and standard deviation which of these two drugs is better; justify your answer using your statistical knowledge. (ecology class) Imagine the following situation. A new disease starts to spread in this country. The outcome of such disease depends on the mean bacterial count per ml of blood. Patients with bacterial count of less than 4 are considered to be healthy, patients with bacterial counts 5-6 are mildly sick and do NOT require hospitalizations, patients whose count is 7 to 8 are hospitalized, and patients with bacterial count equal to 9 or more are dead. Scientists performed a trial using two drugs, A and B. Patients that took Drug A had on average 3 bacteria per ml of blood, patients with bacteria B had on average 6 bacteria. Based on your current knowledge of mean and standard deviation which of these two drugs is better; justify your answer using your statistical knowledge.Explanation / Answer
As the outcome of the disease depends on the mean bacterial count of bacteria per ml of blood.
Patient taking drug A has an average of 3 bacteria per ml of blood
Patient taking drug B has an average of 6 bacteria per ml of blood
Mean is dependent on the sample size of the population and here we are comparing on the basis of per ml of blood. Statistically, if we consider Drug A is a better choice because it is able to reduce the bacterial count within the prescribed range of 4 to be considered as healthy.
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