8th Edition

ISBN: 9781305268920

Author: Bernard Rosner

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 5, Problem 22P

Forced expiratory volume (FEV) is an index of pulmonary function that measures the volume of air expelled after 1 second of constant effort. FEV is influenced by age, sex, and cigarette smoking. Assume that in 45- to 54-year-old nonsmoking men FEV is normally distributed with mean = 4.0 L and standard deviation = 0.5 L.

In comparably aged currently smoking men FEV is normally distributed, with mean = 3.5 L and standard deviation = 0.6 L.

Answer Problem 5.21 for a nonsmoking man.

5.21 If an FEV of less than 2.5 L is regarded as showing some functional impairment (occasional breathlessness, inability to climb stairs, etc.), then what is the probability that a currently smoking man has functional impairment?

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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