Question

Byron is conducting an experiment to determine whether a new medication is effective in reducing coughing. He finds 1,200 volunteers with coughing issues and divides them into two groups. The control group does not receive any medication; the treatment group receives the medication. The patients in the treatment group show reduced signs of coughing. What can Byron conclude from this experiment?

Answer 1

Given Byron's discovery of 1,200 volunteers with coughing problems.

He separates them into two categories:

1. There is no medication given to the control group.

2. The medication is given to the treatment group.

In addition, patients in the treatment group have fewer signs of coughing. As a result, Byron can conclude that the new medication works in the treatment group to reduce coughing.

The medicine given to the people, according to Byron, worked because the treatment group showed signs of less coughing.