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Many people were catching a communicable disease called "Ugo". Most of these people were very sick and took 7 to 9 days to recover.
Investigations directed by Dr. Kleinenstein had revealed that Ugo was caused by a pathogenic bacteria, Ugot diarrhea. Dr. Kleinenstein had recently read in the 'Journal of Biochemistry' that an antibiotic called "norunium" was observed to kill the Ugo bacteria
After receiving permission from the appropriate government agencies Kleinenstein was ready to conduct an experiment on human subjects. Tablets were prepared containing the antibiotic norunium. A second batch of tablets containina none of this antibiotic were also prepared (tablets containing no medication are called 'placebos').
Volunteers of people who had just contracted the bacteria (as confirmed by a blood test) were divided into two groups of 25. One group (A) was given tablets containing the antibiotic, while the other group (B) received the placebo. The test subjects did not
know which aroup they were in.
Kleinenstein meticulously recorded the results. In group (A), 20 people recovered within one day while the other 5 recovered in the normal 7 to 9 day period. Group (B) results included only 1 recovery within 1 day while the rest recovered within the normal period.
1. What is Kleinenstein's probable hypothesis: state as an "if...... then" statement?
2. How could the data be analysed? (hint: consider using percentages)
3. What are the controls in this experiment? What controls are missing?
4. What were the probable conclusions of this experiment?
