Proportions of treated group and the untreated group

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A new AIDS prevention drugs was tried on a group of 224 HIV positive patients. Forty-five (45) patients developed AIDS after four years. In a control group of 224 HIV positive patients, 68 developed AIDS after four years. We want to test whether the method of treatment reduces the proportion of patients that develop AIDS after four years or if the proportions of the treated group and the untreated group stay the same.

Let the subscript t= treated patient and ut= untreated patient.

If the p -value is 0.0062 what is the conclusion (use α = 0.05)?

A. The method has no effect.

B. There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the method reduces the proportion of HIV positive patients that develop AIDS after four years.

C. There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the method increases the proportion of HIV positive patients that develop AIDS after four years.

D. There is insufficient evidence to conclude that the method reduces the proportion of HIV positive patients that develop AIDS after four years.

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