Question

Ethan is conducting an experiment to determine whether a new medication is effective in reducing sneezing. He finds 1,500 volunteers with sneezing issues and divides them into 2 groups. The control group does not receive any medication; the treatment group receives the medication. The patients in the treatment group show reduced signs of sneezing. What can Ethan conclude from this experiment?

Answer 1

Ethan can conclude that the new medication is effective in reducing sneezing, because the group that received the new medication showed lower signs of sneezing, which was the purpose of the medication.

Answer 2

Answer:

Ethan finds 1,500 volunteers with sneezing issues and divides them into 2 groups.

The patients in the treatment group show reduced signs of sneezing.

This means the medicine is effective and patients are feeling better now. Moreover, Ethan wanted to test a hypothesis that claimed that the new medication reduces sneezing.

As it shows that the medicine reduced sneezing, so his claim or hypothesis is verified.

Hence, Ethan can conclude that the new medication is effective in reducing sneezing.