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(2nd opinion) Two experimental treatments have been developed for patients with

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Question

(2nd opinion) Two experimental treatments have been developed for patients with chronic migraines. Patients are given either treatment 1 or treatment 2, and then they are observed. Each patient is considered either “cured” (no migraines for 3 months after treatment) or “not cured”. A total of 16 patients were sampled. Which test would you use to determine if one of the treatments is more effective?

Possible Tests:

Independent samples t-test

One sample t-test

Paired samples t-test

ANOVA

Kruskal Wallis Test

Signed Rank Test

Rank Sum Test

Chi-Square Test

Fisher Exact Test

Linear regression

Shapiro-Wilke Test

Explanation / Answer

For the given scenario, in order to determine if one of the treatments is more effective?

we should use : Paired sample's t-test