A screening test for a newly discovered disease is being evaluated. To determine the effectiveness of the new test, it was administered to 880 workers, and 120 of the individuals diagnosed with the disease tested positive. A negative test finding occurred in 50 people who had the disease. A total of 40 persons not diseased tested positive for it. Construct a 2 x 2 table similar to Table 12-1 and calculate the following: 1. Prevalence of the disease 2. Sensitivity 3. Specificity

A college administrator wants to know if there is a significant difference between sexual orientation and level of family support for students at their college. The administrator takes a random sample of students who identify as gay/lesbian, bisexual or heterosexual/straight. There were 22 students sampled in each category. A measure of family support is given with higher scores indicating more family support. The means are as follows: Gay/lesbian Bisexual Heterosexual/Straight MG/L = 16 MBi = 17 MH/S = 22   Source SS df MS F Orientation 300       Error 2961       Total           What is the value of MS error?

Researchers at a local public health office are interested in the difference in prevalence of sickle cell anemia by ethnicity in a population under its jurisdiction. Suppose the following table represents prevalence of sickle cell anemia reported based on a thorough survey.   Ethnicity Prevalence of Sickle Cell African-American =242/1049 Other =165/1864  Calculate the risk difference between the groups.

A new drug for pain relief is being tested within a given palliative care population. The new drug is being compared to an already approved pain relief drug that is commonly used in providing palliative care to patients who experience chronic severe pain. Assume the patients are asked to rate the pain on a scale from 1 to 10, and the data presented below was obtained from a small study designed to compare the effectiveness of the two drugs. Set up and interpret the results of a Mann-Whitney U test with an alpha of .05.                         Pain Rating as Reported by Patients Old Drug         1          3          3          4          6          New Drug       1          2          3          3        7 A) We fail to reject H0, which states the two populations are equal at the alpha equals .05 level because the calculated Uvalue of 10.5 is greater than the critical U value of 2. B) We fail to reject H0, which states the two populations are equal at the alpha equals .05 level…

Two methods of determining fat content in milk are being tested. Samples are taken from 6 different milk cartons and both methods are used on a sample from each container. The readings are Carton 1 2 3 4 5 6 Method A: 2.2 1.7 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.3 Method B: 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.4 2.1 1.7 (A-B) 4 -4.1 50 .6 From Minitab Output: N Method A Method B 6 6 Mean 2.033 1.833 StDev .216 .266 Difference 6 .200 .374 To test the null hypothesis Ho that there is no difference in the two methods of determining fat content, the lowest level of significance to reject the null hypothesis is: OA: 0.20 B: 0.15 OC: 0.25 OD: 0.10 E: 0.05

Using the same anti-venom study, answer the following questions. A study was done on children (6 months to 18 years of age) who had (nonlethal) scorpion stings. Researchers wanted to know the effectiveness of a new anti-venonm. Each child was randomly assigned to receive a shot of the anti-venom or a placebo shot. Researchers recorded whether or not their condition improved over the next four hours. a. Identify the population for the study. b. Identify the sample for the study. (HINT: See #1) c. Was this an observational study or a controlled experiment? Explain how you know. d. Assuming the rest of the study was well-designed, use your answers to discuss whether it would be reasonable to conclude that the new anti-venom is effective at treating nonlethal scorpion stings in children. For the toolbar, press ALT+F10 (PC) or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac). TTTTParagraph Arial 3 (12pt) 三,三,T. 回i:公 E=E= = T T, U HTML CSS O Mashups

In elderly Americans, a new blood test is being developed to diagnose a particular disease. Suppose the sensitivity of this test is 80% and specificity is 70%. If it is known that 25% of them have the particular disease, then calculate the negative predictive value.

A county environmental agency suspects that the fish in a particular polluted lake have elevated mercury levels. To confirm that suspicion, five striped basses in that lake were caught and their tissues were tested for mercury. For the purpose of comparison, four striped basses in an unpolluted lake were also caught and tested. The fish tissue mercury levels in mg/kg are given below. Sample I(From Polluted Lake) 0.523 0.723 0.523 0.623 0.523 Sample II(From Unpolluted Lake) 0.323 0.223 0.523 0.323 0.000 (a) Construct the 95% confidence interval for the difference in the population means based on these data. (b) Test, at the 5% level of significance, whether the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that fish in the polluted lake have elevated levels of mercury in their tissue.

A report summarizing scores for students on a verbal aptitude test x and a math aptitude test y gives the following results: x = 480,  sx = 80,  y = 500,  sy = 120, r = 0.6.

A new screening test for thyroid cancer was administered to 1,000 adult volunteers at a large medical center complex in Europe. The results showed that 152 out of 160 diagnosed cases of thyroid cancer were correctly identified by the screening test. Also, of the 840 individuals without thyroid cancer, the screening test correctly identified 714. Base on this information, calculate the test's: 1. Sensitivity 2. Specificity 3. Positive predictive value 4. Negative Predictive Value 5. Accuracy 6. Prevalence rate. Please help with 4,5,6. I have attached 1,2,3.