en the current Center of Disease Analytics statistics, the probability of having the flu in our area is 10%.  A new flu test was just released with the following performance metrics.  In the case of a flu-infected person, the test comes back positive 90% of the time. For a non-flu infected person, the test comes back negative 95% of the time. If a person in our area tested negative, what is the probability that they have the flu?

A 10-year study conducted by the American Heart Association provided data on how age, blood pressure, and smoking relate to the risk of strokes. Data from a portion of this study are contained in the Excel Online file below. Risk is interpreted as the probability (times 100) that a person will have a stroke over the next 10-year period. For the smoker variable, 1 indicates a smoker and 0 indicates a nonsmoker. Construct a spreadsheet to answer the following questions.

If medication A is 38% effective, what are the odds of medication A being effective? What are the odds of it not being effective?

A psychologist wanted to know if students in her class were more likely to cheat if they were low achievers. She divided her 60 students into three groups (low, middle, and high) based on their mean exam score on the previous three tests. She then asked them to rate how likely they were to cheat on an exam if the opportunity presented itself with a very limited chance for consequences. The students rated their desire to cheat on a scale ranging from 1-100, with lower numbers indicating less desire to cheat.   Before opening the data, what would you hypothesize about this research question?   Open the data set. Before running any statistical analyses, glance through the data. Do you think that your hypothesis will be supported?   Conduct descriptive analyses and report them here.   Conduct a one-way ANOVA. Report your statistical findings (including any applicable tables in APA format) here.   What would you conclude from this analysis? What would be your next steps, if this…