A cohort study of smoking and bladder cancer was conducted in a small island population. There were a total of 1000 people on the island. 400 of which were smokers and 600 were not. 50 of the smokers developed bladder cancer.  10 of the non-smokers developed bladder cancer.  C. Which measure of comparison would you use to describe the absolute effect of smoking on the risk of bladder cancer among smokers?   i. What is the formula for this measure of comparison?   ii. Calculate this measure using the given data.   iii. In one sentence, interpret the measure of comparison above.

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A cohort study of smoking and bladder cancer was conducted in a small island population. There were a total of 1000 people on the island. 400 of which were smokers and 600 were not. 50 of the smokers developed bladder cancer.  10 of the non-smokers developed bladder cancer.

 C. Which measure of comparison would you use to describe the absolute effect of smoking on the risk of bladder cancer among smokers? 

 i. What is the formula for this measure of comparison? 

 ii. Calculate this measure using the given data. 

 iii. In one sentence, interpret the measure of comparison above. 

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A cohort study of smoking and bladder cancer was conducted in a small island population. There were a total of 1000 people on the island. 400 of which were smokers and 600 were not. 50 of the smokers developed bladder cancer.  10 of the non-smokers developed bladder cancer.

 C. Which measure of comparison would you use to describe the absolute effect of smoking on the risk of bladder cancer among smokers? 

 i. What is the formula for this measure of comparison? 

 ii. Calculate this measure using the given data. 

 iii. In one sentence, interpret the measure of comparison above. 

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