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(No calculations necessary, based on Wellman et.al., Eat Better and Move More: A Community-Based Pro

Question: (No calculations necessary, based on Wellman et.al., Eat Better and Move More: A Community-Based Program Designed to Improve Diets and Increase Physical Activity Among Older Americans, AJPH April 2007). The following table is from a recent article in the AJPH evaluating a community-based program to improve diet and increase physical activity among older adults. This table compares baseline characteristics of enrollees who completed vs. did not complete the three month health program.

Characteristic Completers n=615 Mean + sd or % Noncompleters n=237 mean + sd or % p
Age in years 74.6 + 7.5 73.9 + 7.6 .224
Gender Male 18 23 .098
Female 82 77
Current smoker
Yes 5 10 .008
No 95 90

(A) (10 points) What can you conclude from the information in the above table?

(B) (10 points) What statistical procedure or procedures could have been used to calculate the p-values presented in the above table?

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