A medical trial looking at the effectiveness of a new medication was carried on a sample of adults. 200 females and 100 males took part in the trial. Out of those people, 60 females and 50 males responded positively to the medication. Create a contingency table of the results and answer the following:
A. Who responds better to the medication, men or women?
B. Express the relative effectiveness of the drug between groups, as a ratio.
C. If you randomly picked out a negative test, what is the probability that the person would be male?
D. Practically speaking, for whom would this new medication be of most benefit?
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