the national institute of health funded a study a random sample of 856 people age 71 and older in the United States. they found 9.7% of these people suffer from Alzheimer disease.
what is population interest in this study?
Here sample is 856 people age 71 and older in the United States.
The population of interest are the "9.7% of these people suffer from Alzheimer disease"
the national institute of health funded a study a random sample of 856 people age 71...
15. A national survey by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on restaurant employees found that 70% said that work stress had a negative impact on their personal lives. You investigate a restaurant chain to see if the proportion of all their employees negatively affected by work stress differs from the national proportion po = 0.65. In your SRS of 100 employees, you find that 70 answered "Yes" when asked, "Does work stress have a negative impact on...
6) Residence ~ A survey by the National institute of health asked a random sample of young adults aged 19-25 years the following question: Where do you stay most often currently? The results of the survey are summarized in the table below. Residence type Gender Female Male Parents' home 923 986 Another person’s place 144 132 Own place 1294 1129 Group quarters 127 119 If we want to assess whether there is a relationship between residence type and gender, then...
Short Answer 9. Suppose that you and a friend analyze the same sample data and conduct a test of significance about the same conjectured value, but you use a two-sided alternative and your friend uses a onesided alternative. a. Will you and your friend obtain different values of the test statistic? Explain briefly. b. Will you and your friend obtain different values of the p-value? Explain briefly. 10. The National Institutes of Health funded a study of a random sample of 856 people age...
The National Center for Health Statistics, housed within the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tracks the number of adults in the United States who have health insurance. According to this agency, the uninsured rates for Americans in 2018 are as follows: 5.1% of those under the age of 18, 12.4% of those ages 18–64, and 1.1% of those 65 and older do not have health insurance (CDC website). Approximately 22.8% of Americans are under age 18, and...
7. The 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States reported the percentage of people 18 years of age and older who smoke. Suppose that the study select 2017 people using a simple random sample and finds 520 smokers. What is the point estimate of the proportion of smokers in the population? Round your answers to four decimal places.
this is for stats
Residence- A survey by the National institute of health asked a random sample of young adults aged 19-25 years the following question: Where do you stay most often currently? The results of the survey are summarized in the table below. Gender Residence type Female Male Parents' home 923 986 144 132 Another person's place Own place Group quarters 1294 1129 127 119 If we want to assess whether there is a relationship between residence type and...
In 1978, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) undertook a study of 25,000, civilian employees of the Quincy Naval Shipyard. The cohort consisted of white males who worked at the shipyard from 1952-1977 who were identified from health records from the shipyard's health center. Review of records revealed that 1,000 cancers occurred during this period. Beginning in 1978, the 18,000 study members that were still alive and could be located were mailed annual questionnaires. This follow-up will...
A recent study found that 80% of all people over 60 years of age in a large city wear glasses. A random sample of 6 people over 60 years of age is selected. a. what is the probability that exactly 4 people will wear glasses? b. what is the probability that at most 5 people will wear glasses?
National Health Statistics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) administers a
large number of survey programs for monitoring the status of health
and health care in the US. One of these programs is the National
Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which interviews
and examines a random sample of about 4000people in the US each
year. The survey includes questions about health, nutrition, and
behavior while the examination includes physical measurements and
lab tests. Another program is the...
A health magazine presented results of a recent study that analyzed data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000. Results reveal that both men and women in the United States, heart disease remains the number one killer, victimizing 500,000 people annually. Age, obesity, and inactivity all contribute to heart disease, and all three factors vary considerably from one location to the next. The highest mortality rates (deaths per 100,000 people) were in New York, Florida, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, where...