Smokers at a company were invited to participate in a smoking cessation program, and were randomly assigned to one of two groups.  Those in the Reward group would get a cash award if they stopped smoking for 6 months.  Those in the Deposit group were asked to deposit some money which they would get back along with a substantial bonus if they stopped smoking for 6 months. After six months, 156 of the 914 smokers who accepted the invitation to be in the reward-only program stopped smoking, while 78 of the 146 smokers who paid a deposit quit. A two-way table for this data is given below. (Be careful: "Total" rows/columns are not included.)     Quit Smoking     Yes No Treatment Group Reward 156 758 Deposit 78 68   Of the people in the Reward program, what proportion  quit smoking? Fraction form (do not simplify):    Decimal form, rounded to two decimal places:    What proportion   of people in the Deposit program quit smoking? Fraction form:    Decimal form, rounded to two decimal places:

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Smokers at a company were invited to participate in a smoking cessation program, and were randomly assigned to one of two groups.  Those in the Reward group would get a cash award if they stopped smoking for 6 months.  Those in the Deposit group were asked to deposit some money which they would get back along with a substantial bonus if they stopped smoking for 6 months.

After six months, 156 of the 914 smokers who accepted the invitation to be in the reward-only program stopped smoking, while 78 of the 146 smokers who paid a deposit quit.

A two-way table for this data is given below. (Be careful: "Total" rows/columns are not included.)

 

 

Quit Smoking

 

 

Yes

No

Treatment Group

Reward

156

758

Deposit

78

68

 

Of the people in the Reward program, what proportion  quit smoking?

Fraction form (do not simplify):   

Decimal form, rounded to two decimal places: 

 

What proportion   of people in the Deposit program quit smoking?

Fraction form:   

Decimal form, rounded to two decimal places: 

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In this question, Smokers at a company were invited to participate in a smoking cessation program, and were randomly assigned to one of two groups.  Those in the Reward group would get a cash award if they stopped smoking for 6 months.  Those in the Deposit group were asked to deposit some money which they would get back along with a substantial bonus if they stopped smoking for 6 months.

Now, after six months, 156 of the 914 smokers who accepted the invitation to be in the reward-only program stopped smoking, while 78 of the 146 smokers who paid a deposit quit.

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