Question

In a study of pain relievers , 100 people were given product A , and all but 33 experienced relief . In the same study , 50 people were given product B , and all but 12 experienced relief

Answer 1

Here we want to find the relative frequencies for both products.

for product A we have a sample of 100 people (our 100%) and all but 33 of them experienced relief.

Then, we can find the relative frequency as:

Pa = (33/100)*100% = 33%

this means that product A is not efficient in 33% of the cases.

For product B, the sample is 50 people (our 100%) and all but 12 of them experienced relief, then the relative frequency is:

Pb = (12/50)*100% = 24%.

This means that product B is not efficient in 24% of the cases.

We can see that, in percentage, the product B seems to be more efficient.