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Answers for Sect. 4.2
- (No answer.)
- 43÷(43+67)×100=39.1%.
- 39÷(97+39)×100=28.7%.
- 43÷67=0.642.
- 39÷97=0.402.
- 0.642÷0.402=1.6.
- (No answer; see online.)
Answers for Sect. 4.3
- Type of student:nominal (with three levels). Number of concussions: ordinal (with three levels).
- 45÷240=18.75% of all college students in the sample have received one concussion.
- Not sure which is best; they do different things. I'd probably prefer (c) (bottom left graph).
- Odds (non-athlete receiving 2+ concussions) is 21÷(81−21)=21÷60=0.35. Non-athletes are 0.35 times as likely to receive two or more concussions than fewer than two. Or: For every 100 students with fewer than two concussions, there are 35 with two or more.
- Odds (soccer player receiving 2+ concussions) is 13÷(63−13)=13÷50=0.26. Soccer players are 0.26 times more likely to receive two or more concussions than fewer than two concussions.
- OR: 0.35÷0.26, or about 1.35. The odds of a non-athlete receiving two or more concussions is about 1.35 times the odds of a soccer player receiving two or more concussions (that is, smaller odds for soccer players).
- Not given.
- Not given.
- The better table is probably row percentages: the percentages of each type of students with given number of concussions.
Answers for Sect. 4.4
- The percentage of bridges collapsing due to deterioration is 36 divided by 433, or 8.3%.
- The odds of a bridge collapsing due to deterioration is 36 divided by 397, or 0.091.
- The odds of a bridge collapsing due to deterioration is 0.091; this means: b. For every 100 bridges that do not collapse due to deterioration, about 9.1 bridges do collapse.
- The percentage of bridges not collapsing due to deterioration is 397 divided by 433, or 91.7%.
- The odds of a bridge not collapsing due to deterioration is 397 divided by 36, or 11.0.
- The percentage of bridge collapses due to collisions is 82 divided by 433, or 18.9%.
- The odds of a bridge collapsing due to collisions is 83 divided by 351, or 0.234.
- The odds of an event cannot be larger than one: FALSE.
- The odds of an event cannot be smaller than one. FALSE.
- The following statement is true: c. Odds cannot be negative
Answers for Sect. 4.5
- (381+345)/1347=0.53898, or about 53.9%.
- (381+345)/(295+326)=1.1691, or about 1.17.
- 345/326=1.05828, or about 1.06.
- 381/295=1.29153, or about 1.29.
- 1.05828/1.29153=0.81940, or about 0.819.
- (240+138)/960=0.39375, or 39.4%.
- (240+342)/960=0.60625, or 60.6%.
- (240+240)/960=0.5000, or 50%.
- (240+138)/(240+342)=0.64948, or about 0.649.
- 240/240=1.000.
- 138/342=0.40351 or about 0.404.
- 0.40351/1.000=0.40351 (i.e., the answer to f divided by the answer to e).
Answers for Sect. 4.6.1
- Backwards.
- See Table A.1.
- 60/320=0.1875. A worker with SMND is 0.1875 times as likely to have worked with metal than not.
- 33/344=0.096. A worker with SMND is 0.096 times as likely to have worked with metal than not.
Worked with metals | Did not work with metals | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
SMND cases | 60 | 320 | 380 |
Controls | 33 | 344 | 377 |
Total | 93 | 664 | 757 |
Answers for Sect. 4.6.2
Answers embedded.
- 70%, as given directly from the table.
- 281/(404−281)−2.28.
- For patients treated with ETI, about 278 die for every 100 that survive.
- 2.78/2.28=1.22.
Answers for Sect. 4.6.3
Answers embedded.
Odds less than one. Odds less than one. Odds greater than one. Odds greater than one.
Answers for Sect. 4.6.4
- Observational.
- The percentage of residents in each area that detected the smell at the given frequency. So, for example, the first number in the first column would become 48÷97×100=49.5. This means that 49.5% of the sample that lived in Area I detected the odour at least once a week.
- For example, the percentage of residents who detected an odour at least once a week, who lived in Area I.
- Probably column percentages.
- 77÷291=26.46%.