Intro Stats
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Author: Richard D. De Veaux
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Chapter R, Problem 6.10RE
Preemies Among 242 Cleveland-area children born prematurely at low birthweights between 1977 and 1979, only 74% graduated from high school. Among a comparison group of 233 children of normal birthweight, 83% were high school graduates. (“Outcomes in Young Adulthood for Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants,” New England Journal of Medicine, 346, no. 3)
- a) Create a 95% confidence interval for the difference in graduation rates between children of normal and of very low birthweights. Be sure to check the appropriate assumptions and conditions.
- b) Does this provide evidence that premature birth may be a risk factor for not finishing high school? Use your confidence interval to test an appropriate hypothesis.
- c) Suppose your conclusion is incorrect. Which type of error did you make?
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