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Chapter 14, Problem 53(choose chapter or problem)
Exercises 53 through 56 refer to a landmark study conducted in 1896 in Denmark by Dr. Johannes Fibiger, who went on to receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1926. The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of a new serum for treating diphtheria, a common and often deadly respiratory disease in those days. Fibiger conducted his study over a one-year period (May 1896 April 1897) in one particular Copenhagen hospital. New diphtheria patients admitted to the hospital received different treatments based on the day of admission. In one set of days (call them even days for convenience), the patients were treated with the new serum daily and received the standard treatment. Patients admitted on alternate days (the odd days) received just the standard treatment. Over the one-year period of the study, eight of the 239 patients admitted on the even days and treated with the serum died, whereas 30 of the 245 patients admitted on the odd days died.(a) Describe as specifically as you can the target populationfor Fibigers study. (b) Describe the sampling frame for the study
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Exercises 53 through 56 refer to a landmark study conducted in 1896 in Denmark by Dr. Johannes Fibiger, who went on to receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1926. The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of a new serum for treating diphtheria, a common and often deadly respiratory disease in those days. Fibiger conducted his study over a one-year period (May 1896 April 1897) in one particular Copenhagen hospital. New diphtheria patients admitted to the hospital received different treatments based on the day of admission. In one set of days (call them even days for convenience), the patients were treated with the new serum daily and received the standard treatment. Patients admitted on alternate days (the odd days) received just the standard treatment. Over the one-year period of the study, eight of the 239 patients admitted on the even days and treated with the serum died, whereas 30 of the 245 patients admitted on the odd days died.(a) Describe as specifically as you can the target populationfor Fibigers study. (b) Describe the sampling frame for the study
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(a) The observation claims that car accident fatalities on weekends are due to increased alcohol consumption on weekend days, but there might be a different cause for those accident fatalities. For example, perhaps larger groups such as families are more likely to travel together on weekends, rather than individuals commuting to and from work on weekdays. With more people in every vehicle, there would be more incidence of injury or death if there were an accident, and it isn't necessarily due to increased alcohol consumption.