Basic Practice of Statistics (Instructor's)
Basic Practice of Statistics (Instructor's)
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.26E
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The two-way table for the given situation may vary. One of the possible answers is given below:

To give: The two-way for the given situation.

To show: The obese smokers and obese non-smokers who are more likely to die earlier than people who are not obese.

To check: Whether the Simpson’s paradox holds good for the given situation.

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Answer to Problem 6.26E

The two-way table for smokers is given below:

Obese
Death Yes No
Yes 8 57
No 192 1,443
Total 200 1,500

The two-way table for non-smokers is given below:

Obese
Death Yes No
Yes 8 6
No 592 594
Total 600 600

The result tells that 4% of obese smokers had died, 1.3% of obese non-smokers had died. However, only 3.8% of not obese smokers had died and 1% of not obese non-smokers had died.

The Simpson’s paradox holds good for the given situation because the two individual tables tell that obese people are more prone to death but the combined table tells that non-obese people who are smoking are more prone to death.

Explanation of Solution

Given info:

Two-way table can be constructed using obese (yes or no) and death (yes or no) for smokers and non-smokers. Also, combine the two-way table of smokers and non-smokers with respect to obese and death.

Calculation:

The two-way table for smokers is constructed by taking death as a row variable and obese as a column variable.

The two-way table for smokers is given below:

Table 1

Obese
Death Yes No
Yes 8 57
No 192 1,443
Total 200 1,500

The two-way table for non-smokers is given below:

Table 2

Obese
Death Yes No
Yes 8 6
No 592 594
Total 600 600

Percentage of obese smokers who died is given below:

(Percentage ofobese smokerswho were died)=Number of people who are obese given that died earlyTotal number of people who are obese=8200×100=0.04×100=4

Thus, 4% of obese smokers had died.

Percentage of obese nonsmokers who died is given below:

(Percentage ofobese nonsmokerswho were died)=Number of people who are obese given that died earlyTotal number of people who are obese=8600×100=0.013×100=1.3

Thus, 1.3% of obese non-smokers had died.

Percentage of not obese smokers who died is given below:

(Percentage ofnonobese smokerswho were died)=Number of people who are not obese given that died earlyTotal number of people who are not obese=571,500×100=0.038×100=3.8

Thus, 3.8% of not obese smokers had died.

Percentage of non-smokers who are not obese died is given below:

(Percentage ofnot obese nonsmokerswho were died)=Number of people who are not obese given that died earlyTotal number of people who are not obese=6600×100=0.01×100=1

Thus, 1% of not obese non-smokers had died.

Combined table:

The combined table is obtained by combining the corresponding values from Table 1 and Table 2.

Table 3

Obese
Death Yes No
Yes 16 63
No 784 2,037
Total 800 2,100

Percentage of non-obese smokers who died is given below:

(Percentage of non-obese smokerswho have died)=Number of people who are not obese but diedTotal number of people who are not obese=632,100×100=0.03×100=3

Thus, 3% of non-obese smokers had died.

Percentage of obese smokers who died is given below:

(Percentage of obese smokerswho have died)=Number of people who are obese also diedTotal number of people who are obese=16800×100=0.02×100=2

Thus, 2% of obese smokers had died.

The percentage of deaths for smokers is given below:

Obese
Death Yes No
Yes 4% 3.8%

The percentage of deaths for non-smokers is given below:

Obese
Death Yes No
Yes 1.3% 1%

The percentage of deaths under combined table is given below:

Obese
Death Yes No
Yes 2% 3%

Justification:

Simpson paradox:

Conclusion drawn from aggregated table might go wrong by drawing conclusions from the individual tables.

Thus, the scenario of Simpson’s paradox is stated. The individual tables tell that obese people are more prone to death, but the combined table tells that non-obese people who are smoking are more prone to death.

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