Anorexia. Hearing anecdotal reports that some
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Anorexia. Hearing anecdotal reports that some patientsundergoing treatment for the eating disorder anorexiaseemed to be responding positively to the antidepressantProzac, medical researchers conducted an experiment toinvestigate. They found 93 women being treated foranorexia who volunteered to participate. For one year, 49randomly selected patients were treated with Prozac andthe other 44 were given an inert substance called aplacebo. At the end of the year, patients were diagnosedas healthy or relapsed, as summarized in the table:Taking SSRI No SSRI TotalExperienced fractures 14 244 258No fractures 123 4627 4750Total 137 4871 5008Do these results provide evidence that Prozac might behelpful in treating anorexia? Explain.
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