An urban comminity would like to show that the incidence of breast cancer is higher in their area than in a nearby rural area. If it is found that 20 out of 200 adult women in the urban comminity have breast cancer and 20 of 300 adult women in the rural community have breast cancer, can we conclude at the 0.025 level of 1 significance that breast cancer is more prevalent in the urban comminity?
An urban comminity would like to show that the incidence of breast cancer is higher in their area than in a nearby rural area. If it is found that 20 out of 200 adult women in the urban comminity have breast cancer and 20 of 300 adult women in the rural community have breast cancer, can we conclude at the 0.025 level of 1 significance that breast cancer is more prevalent in the urban comminity?
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![An urban comminity would like to show that the incidence of breast cancer is higher
in their area than in a nearby rural area. If it is found that 20 out of 200 adult
women in the urban comminity have breast cancer and 20 of 300 adult women
in the rural community have breast cancer, can we conclude at the 0.025 level of
1
significance that breast cancer is more prevalent in the urban comminity?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F7a04a0c8-a6a9-473e-b4ed-0840bde177a1%2Fe6a29890-9065-413f-bede-42c857a1f823%2F5libhzs_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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in their area than in a nearby rural area. If it is found that 20 out of 200 adult
women in the urban comminity have breast cancer and 20 of 300 adult women
in the rural community have breast cancer, can we conclude at the 0.025 level of
1
significance that breast cancer is more prevalent in the urban comminity?
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