in waste em to have an unusually high occurrence of cancer. FBI agent Megan Reeves believes that this might represent a "cancer cluster." Charlie warns her not to jump to this conclusion too quickly. The FBI may have used a statistical technique called a two-proportion test to decide whether the rate of cancer seems to be unusually high in this location. A two-proportion test is a statistical technique that can be used to decide if the rate of cancer seems to be different in different areas of the country. This activity contains an introduction to this test. Consider the following data on cases of cancer, based on a hypothetical random sample of 50,000 people from each of six states in New England. A large sample is used here because the rate of incidence of cancer is quite small. State Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Cancer Cases 268 291 268 251 281 249
in waste em to have an unusually high occurrence of cancer. FBI agent Megan Reeves believes that this might represent a "cancer cluster." Charlie warns her not to jump to this conclusion too quickly. The FBI may have used a statistical technique called a two-proportion test to decide whether the rate of cancer seems to be unusually high in this location. A two-proportion test is a statistical technique that can be used to decide if the rate of cancer seems to be different in different areas of the country. This activity contains an introduction to this test. Consider the following data on cases of cancer, based on a hypothetical random sample of 50,000 people from each of six states in New England. A large sample is used here because the rate of incidence of cancer is quite small. State Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Cancer Cases 268 291 268 251 281 249
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