A drug company tested a new drug on 500 pigs with swine flu. Historically, 20% of pigs contacting swine flu die from the

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A drug company tested a new drug on 500 pigs with swine flu. Historically, 20% of pigs contacting swine flu die from the disease. Of the 500 pigs treated with the new drug, 450 recovered. a. Set up a null hypothesis and an alternate hypothesis for the value of p [2T+1C] b. Conduct the hypothesis test with a significance level of a = 1%, by finding the probability with regard to X where X represents the number of pigs died from the disease [2T+1C] c. Can the company claim that its new drug is effective? [1T]
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