Researchers want to test a new hand exercise plan for arthritis patients to see if they have improved flexibility. They recruited 110 patients with arthritis in their hands and randomly assigned them to one of two treatment groups: group 1 took their regular medicine and did the new hand exercises; and group 2 only took medicine. After one month, 42 of the 55 in group 1 improved in their flexibility, and 37 of the 55 in group 2 improved their flexibility. Based on the 95% confidence interval (–0.076, 0.258), is there convincing evidence of a difference in the proportion of patients like these who would show improvement in flexibility if they did the new hand exercises along with taking the medicine versus just taking the medicine? Because contained in the interval, there is to believe there a difference in the proportion of patients like these who would show improvement in flexibility if they did the new hand exercises along with taking the medicine versus just taking the medicine.
Selection 3:not enough evidence