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A study was conducted on horses to identify factors that might contribute to the

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Question

A study was conducted on horses to identify factors that might contribute to the formation of enteroliths, stones that form in the colon of the horse and eventually lead to blockage and death. The table below summarizes disease status by sex (gelding, mare and stallion).

Disease Status

Sex

Case

Control

Total

Gelding

29

41

70

Mare

28

32

60

Stallion

5

2

7

Total

62

75

137


If you want to check whether there is an association between sex and case status, you should:

Disease Status

Sex

Case

Control

Total

Gelding

29

41

70

Mare

28

32

60

Stallion

5

2

7

Total

62

75

137


If you want to check whether there is an association between sex and case status, you should:

compare the conditional probabilities of being a case given sex. All of the answer choices are correct. compare the marginal probability for case status and sex. make a scatterplot of case status versus sex.

Explanation / Answer

As dependence is tested by comparing the conditional probabilities to the marginal probabilities, then

OPTION A: compare the conditional probabilities of being a case given sex. [ANSWER, A]

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