Suppose a group of smokers (who all wanted to give up smoking) were randomly assigned to receive an antidepressant drug or a placebo for six weeks. Of the patients who received the antidepressant drug, were not smoking one year later. Of the patients who received the placebo, were not smoking one year later. Given the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis , conduct a test to see if taking an antidepressant drug can help smokers stop smoking. Use
(a) The rejection region is
(b) The test statistic is
The final conclustion is




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