A research question that could be asked using the available data: “Is there any advantage to never having smoked when it comes to the severity of CoVID-19?” Essentially, we would like to know if the high severity rate of CoVID-19 is lower for never smokers than for current/former smokers.

Determine a method that would be appropriate to answer this research question. Using StatCrunch* and the available data, perform the statistical procedure that you consider appropriate. "

Tip: To adequately answer this question, you will need to perform an additional statistical procedure and go beyond the CI estimates already constructed in Questions 2 and 3 above.

to. What method did you use to answer the research question, for example, t-test for one-sample means?

b. Why did you select this particular method to answer the research question?

C. In one to two complete sentences, summarize and interpret the relevant findings from your analysis in the context of the research question, i.e., what do the findings suggest about the impact of smoking history on the severity of CoVID-19?

d. If his findings in 4c were surprising, what would we be missing? Suggest another factor or factors that might be missing from the current study, leading us to this surprising result.

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a To answer the research question an appropriate method would be to perform a chisquare test of inde... View the full answer