Edexcel S3 2003 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2003
SessionJune
TopicChi-squared distribution

4. A new drug to treat the common cold was used with a randomly selected group of 100 volunteers. Each was given the drug and their health was monitored to see if they caught a cold. A randomly selected control group of 100 volunteers was treated with a dummy pill. The results are shown in the table below.
\cline { 2 - 3 } \multicolumn{1}{c|}{}ColdNo cold
Drug3466
Dummy pill4555
Using a \(5 \%\) significance level, test whether or not the chance of catching a cold is affected by taking the new drug. State your hypotheses clearly.