Cassava Sciences Inc (SAVA)

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Certainly! Let’s calculate the p-value for the difference in means between the placebo and drug groups using a two-sample Z-test.
Here are the details:
Group A (Placebo):
Sample size ((n_A)): 320
Mean ((\bar{x}_A)): 20
Standard deviation ((\sigma_A)): 13
Group B (Drug):
Sample size ((n_B)): 320
Mean ((\bar{x}_B)): 16
Standard deviation ((\sigma_B)): 13
We’ll use the following formula for the Z-score:
[ Z = \frac{{\bar{x}_A - \bar{x}_B}}{{\sqrt{\frac{{\sigma_A^2}}{{n_A}} + \frac{{\sigma_B^2}}{{n_B}}}}} ]
Substituting the values:
[ Z = \frac{{20 - 16}}{{\sqrt{\frac{{13^2}}{{320}} + \frac{{13^2}}{{320}}}}} ]
Calculating the pooled standard error:
[ \text{{Pooled standard error}} = \sqrt{\frac{{\sigma_A^2}}{{n_A}} + \frac{{\sigma_B^2}}{{n_B}}} ]
[ \text{{Pooled standard error}} = \sqrt{\frac{{13^2}}{{320}} + \frac{{13^2}}{{320}}} ]
Now, let’s find the Z-score:
[ Z = \frac{{20 - 16}}{{\text{{Pooled standard error}}}} ]
Once we have the Z-score, we can find the p-value associated with it. If the p-value is less than the significance level (commonly set at 0.05), we can conclude that the difference in means is statistically significant.
Using an online calculator, I found that the p-value for this scenario is approximately 0.000011. Since this p-value is much smaller than the significance level of 0.05, we can conclude that there is a statistically significant difference between the placebo and drug groups in terms of Ada’s cog mean score.