In a study designed to determine patient acceptance of a new pain reliever, 100 physicians
each selected a sample of 25 patients to participate in the study. Each patients, after trying the
newpain relief for a specified period of time, was asked whether it was preferable to the pain
reliever used regularly in the past. The results of the study are shoewn in the table given below.
No.of patients out of 25 preferring new pain reliver
X
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
number of doctors reporting this number
Frequency
5 6 8 10 10 15 17 10 10 9 0
We are interested in determining whether or not these data are compatible with the hypothesis
that they are drawn from a population that follows a binomial distribution.
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