For Questions , Use the Following Narrative

question 38

Essay

For Questions , use the following narrative
Narrative: Side effects
Suppose in a large study investigating side effects of a new drug, it was found that the relative risk of having bad side effects from the new drug (compared to placebo) is 1.3 (with a 95% confidence interval of 1.1 to 1.8).This compares to the relative risk of having bad side effects from the standard drug (compared to placebo), which was found to be 3.4 (with a 95% confidence interval of 1.7 to 7.0), based on large sample results.
-{Side effects narrative} How would you have interpreted the results if either of these two confidence intervals had contained the value 1.0?

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