The following table, on the presence of pesticide residues in samples of organic and conventional food, was analyzed in Examples 2 and 3 in Chapter 3.

a. Compute the relative risk and interpret.
b. Find the reciprocal of your answer to part a and interpret.
c. Compute the odds ratio and interpret.
d. Find the reciprocal of your answer to part c and interpret.
e. What€™s wrong with this statement: The proportion of conventional food samples with pesticide residues present is more than 9 times larger than the proportion of organic food samples with pesticide residues present.

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Pesticides Food Type Yes No Organic 29 98 7086 Conventional 19485