A study of 420,095 Danish cell phone users resulted in 135 who developed cancer of the brain or nervous system (based on data from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute). When comparing this sample group to another group of people who id not use cell phones, it was found that there is a probability of 0.512 of getting such sample results by chance. What do you conclude?

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A study of 420,095 Danish cell phone users resulted in 135 who developed cancer of the brain or nervous system (based on data from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute). When comparing this sample group to another group of people who id not use cell phones, it was found that there is a probability of 0.512 of getting such sample results by chance. What do you conclude?

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