A therapist wishes to show that his new therapy is a marked improvement over the current best available therapy.To do so,he examines the number of participants who improved with each.A total of 125 participants received his treatment (and 100 of them improved).A total of 80 participants received the alternative treatment (and 64 of them improved).What should the therapist conclude?

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The therapist should conclude that his treatment is no better than the alternative because the percentage of participants who improved is the same in both groups (80% for both treatments).

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