Suppose it was found that in a random sample of 200 individuals who were underweight (defined as having a BMI of under 18.5), 8 of them were hospitalized with COVID-19. Of a corresponding group of 400 individuals who were classified as severely obese (defined as having a BMI of at least 45.0), 32 were hospitalized with COVID-19. (a) What is the 95% confidence interval for the difference between proportions (to 4 decimal places)? (b) Based on your result in (a), would you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? Why do you conclude this?
Suppose it was found that in a random sample of 200 individuals who were underweight (defined as having a BMI of under 18.5), 8 of them were hospitalized with COVID-19. Of a corresponding group of 400 individuals who were classified as severely obese (defined as having a BMI of at least 45.0), 32 were hospitalized with COVID-19. (a) What is the 95% confidence interval for the difference between proportions (to 4 decimal places)? (b) Based on your result in (a), would you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? Why do you conclude this?
Calculus For The Life Sciences
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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.2: Expected Value And Variance Of Continuous Random Variables
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Suppose it was found that in a random sample of 200 individuals who were underweight (defined as having a BMI of under 18.5), 8 of them were hospitalized with COVID-19. Of a corresponding group of 400 individuals who were classified as severely obese (defined as having a BMI of at least 45.0), 32 were hospitalized with COVID-19.
(a) What is the 95% confidence interval for the difference between proportions (to 4 decimal places)?
(b) Based on your result in (a), would you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis? Why do you conclude this?
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