Homework 3
You will be using your Framingham dataset to answer the following questions. You will be performing hypothesis testing. For each question, please write out the null hypothesis, alternate hypothesis, which test statistic you will be using (based on variable type). Then report the results from performing the analysis using SPSS. Please report the test statistic, significance level, and whether you will accept or reject the null hypothesis and why.
- Are there differences between smokers and nonsmokers in systolic blood pressure?
- Are there differences between smokers and nonsmokers in total serum cholesterol?
- Are there differences between smokers and nonsmokers in rates of prevalent coronary heart disease?
- Are there differences between smokers and nonsmokers in rates of prevalent hypertension?
- Are there differences for people in different BMI categories in systolic blood pressure?
- Are there differences for people in different BMI categories in total serum cholesterol?
- Are there differences for people in different BMI categories in rates of prevalent coronary heart disease?
- Are there differences for people in different BMI categories in rates of prevalent hypertension?