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Who Is More Likely to Smoke: Males or Females? The dataset NutritionStudy contains, among other things,...

Who Is More Likely to Smoke: Males or Females?


The dataset NutritionStudy contains, among other things, information about smoking history and gender of the participants. Is there a significant association between these two variables? Use a statistical software package and the variables PriorSmoke and Gender to conduct a chi-square analysis and clearly give the results. The variable PriorSmoke is coded as 1= never smoked, 2= prior smoker, and 3= current smoker.

a) What is the chi-square statistic? What is the p-value? Round your answers to three decimal places.

b) What is the conclusion? (perform test at a 5% level)

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