The Absent Minded Professor study was a RCT, which had an objective to estimate the protective effect of drug "No-Reminder" compared to drug "Reminder" on risk of "Forgetful syndrome". The study found that the drug "No-Reminder" was protective.
Consider each of the following statements. Which of the following can be a plausible result in this study? Explain your answer. In your explanation also mention about why do you think other statements can not be plausible results of the study?
a) The RR of "Forgetful syndrome" for "No-Reminder" compared to "Reminder" is 1.15 with 95% CI = (1.05, 1.23)
b) The RR of "Forgetful syndrome" for "No-Reminder" compared to "Reminder" is 1.03 with 95% CI = (0.9, 1.13)
c) The RR of "Forgetful syndrome" for "Reminder " compared to "No-Reminder" is equal to 0.86 with 95% CI = (0.78, 0.94)
d) The RR of "Forgetful syndrome" for "No-Reminder " compared to "Reminder" is equal to 0.8 with 95% CI = (0.7, 0.88)