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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 35 2 b Solution by
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The event and nonevent cell counts are and . Thus the estimated odds ratio and log odds ratio areFor independent binomial groups, the delta method givesUsing the permitted normal approximation quantile of 2, the approximate 95% interval isThe observed odds of death are equal between groups. The confidence interval includes zero and allows appreciable effects in either direction; it does not demonstrate equivalence. Exponentiating gives an odds ratio interval approximately , so the data are compatible with roughly half to twice the death odds for the first treatment relative to the second. The tabulated standard error is rounded.
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