A Brief Introduction to Biostatistics

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Comparing proportion for matched data



  • 100 women in a fertility drug trial were matched in
    pairs for age, race group and duration of
    marriage. By random allocation, one woman in
    each pair was given a fertility drug while the other
    was given a placebo.

  • Success is recorded if, within 12 months, a study
    subject became pregnant and failure otherwise

  • Point to note about the study

    • Matched design

    • Compare proportion of successes between fertility
      drug and placebo



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