12. Carpal tunnel. The painful wrist condition

Chapter 22, Problem 12

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12. Carpal tunnel. The painful wrist condition calledcarpal tunnel syndrome can be treated with surgery orless invasive wrist splints. In September 2002, Time magazinereported on a study of 176 patients. Among the halfthat had surgery, 80% showed improvement after threemonths, but only 54% of those who used the wrist splintsimproved.a) Whats the standard error of the difference in the twoproportions?b) Construct a 95% confidence interval for this difference.c) State an appropriate conclusion.

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