Fundamentals of Biostatistics
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781305268920
Author: Bernard Rosner
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of synthetic oil-like chemicals that were at one time widely used as insulation in electrical equipment and were discharged into rivers. They were discovered to be a health hazard, and were banned in the 1970s. Assume that water samples are being drawn from a river in order to estimate the PCB concentration. Suppose that a random sample of size 60 has a sample mean of 1.96 parts per billion (ppb). Assume the population standard deviation is σ = 0.35 ppb.
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The mean ±1 sd of ln [calcium intake (mg)] among 25 females, 12 to 14 years of age, below the poverty level is 6.56 ± 0.64. Similarly, the mean ± 1 sd of ln [calcium intake (mg)] among 40 females, 12 to 14 years of age, above the poverty level is 6.80 ± 0.76.
1. What is the p-value corresponding to your answer to Problem(A)?2. Compute a 95% CI for the difference in means between the two groups.
the answer of problem(A) is: t= -1.1314
The mean ±1 sd of ln [calcium intake (mg)] among 25females, 12 to 14 years of age, below the poverty level is6.56 ± 0.64. Similarly, the mean ± 1 sd of ln [calcium intake(mg)] among 40 females, 12 to 14 years of age, above thepoverty level is 6.80 ± 0.76.
8.4 Implement the procedure in Problem 8.3 using thecritical-value method.
8.3 What is the appropriate procedure to test for a significantdifference in means between the two groups?
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