Psychologists have been investigating the differences between people with at least one brother or sister and those with none. In a letter to the New England Jounal of Medicine,  researchers announced  the results of a survey of 472 adults in Buffalo, New York. The experiment recorded whether the respondent suffered from hypertension and whether she or he had siblings. The data were summarized as shown bellow;     SIBLING NO SIBLING TOTAL Suffer from hypertention 79 39 118 Do not suffer from hypertension 262 92

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Psychologists have been investigating the differences between people with at least one brother or sister and those with none. In a letter to the New England Jounal of Medicine,  researchers announced  the results of a survey of 472 adults in Buffalo, New York. The experiment recorded whether the respondent suffered from hypertension and whether she or he had siblings. The data were summarized as shown bellow;

 

 

SIBLING

NO SIBLING

TOTAL

Suffer from hypertention

79

39

118

Do not suffer from hypertension

262

92

354

TOTAL

341

131

472

 

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Do these data allow us to conclude at the 5% significance level that adults with no siblings suffer  different rates of hypertension than those with siblings?

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