Unit 11 Exercises (R-by-C Tables)

(11.1) SESSMOKE: Data come from a survey of smoking in which current smoking is cross-tabulated with socio-economic status Data are:

                 Socio-Economic Status
                 1    2   3    4    5

Smokers         17   76   34   32   20
Non-smokers     40  195   88   53   30

Perform a test of independence. Let a = .05. Report all hypothesis testing steps, and interpret your results.

(11.2) BD1.SAV: A study of tobacco consumption and esophageal cancer yields the following results:

TOBACCO
gms/day   Cases   Controls   Total
---------+--------------+------
0-9      |    78    447 |   525
10-19    |    58    178 |   236
20-29    |    33     99 |   132
30+      |    31     51 |    82
---------+--------------+------
   Total |   200    775 |   975

Determine whether there is a significant association between tobacco consumption and esophageal cancer.

(11.3) ment-hlt.ZIP: Community health workers at three separate centers (CENTER: 1, 2, 3) collect data in which they classify each client as having one of three problems (PROB: 1 = Social Adjustment Problems, 2 = Problems with Living, 3= Other Problems). Download these data, cross-tabulate them, and then report the percentage of problems by clinic. Perform a chi-squared test of independence to see if the observed differences are significant. Report all hypothesis testing steps.

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