Statistics in APplied healthcare homework help
Exercise 35
1. Do the example data in Table 35-2 meet the assumptions for the Pearson χ 2 test? Provide a
rationale for your answer.
2. Compute the χ 2 test. What is the χ 2 value?
3. Is the χ 2 significant at α = 0.05? Specify how you arrived at your answer.
4. If using SPSS, what is the exact likelihood of obtaining the χ 2 value at least as extreme as or as
close to the one that was actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true?
5. Using the numbers in the contingency table, calculate the percentage of antibiotic users who
tested positive for candiduria.
6. Using the numbers in the contingency table, calculate the percentage of non-antibiotic users
who tested positive for candiduria.
7. Using the numbers in the contingency table, calculate the percentage of veterans with candiduria
who had a history of antibiotic use.
8. Using the numbers in the contingency table, calculate the percentage of veterans with candiduria
who had no history of antibiotic use.
9. Write your interpretation of the results as you would in an APA-formatted journal.
10. Was the sample size adequate to detect differences between the two groups in this example? Provide a rationale for your answer.
Need to be completed by 5-12-17