試題詳解

3. A research group at NTU had studied the effect of a potential anticancer drug X. In their randomized trial, one group of mice was given X and another group was given sugar pills (placebo). Tumor size in many mice had reduced, and they reported the p-value to be p = 0.02. Which of the following interpretation is correct? (3%)
(A) There is a 98% chance drug X is an effective anticancer drug.
(B)There is a 98% chance that this experiment can be reproduced by other scientists.
(C) There is a 2% chance drug X is an ineffective anticancer drug.
(D)There is a 2% chance to observe the tumor reduction results seen in this study even if drug X has no effect at all.
(E) Ail of the above.