Week 8: Inference about Proportions Application Assignment

Assignment

Problem 1: Download the edu_smoke.sav data set and use it to complete the following calculations using SPSS:

(1) Estimate the prevalence of smoking in the population.
(2) Estimate the prevalence of smoking in the four groups with different education levels.
(3) Test if the prevalence of smoking in Group 2 is different from 0.16 (Hint: You need to select the Group 2 only by using the Select Cases function in the Data menu.)

Problem 2: Using information from the edu_smoke.sav data set, construct a 95% confidence interval for the smoking prevalence of the whole population using the plus-four method.

Week 9: Cross Tabulated Counts Application Assignment

Complete the problems listed below.

Assignment

Problem 1: Download the bd1.sav data set and use it to complete the following calculations using SPSS:

(1) Test the association between smoking and esophageal cancer using SPSS.
(2) Test the association between the dichotomized smoking variable and esophageal cancer using SPSS.

Problem 2: Using information from the bd1.sav data set, calculate the odds ratio estimate and its 95% confidence interval by using the formula on page 438 of Chapter 18.

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