Question: Test for Independence The data set shown in the table below contains a contingency table with results from Salk vaccine trials in the early 1950s.

Test for Independence

The data set shown in the table below contains a contingency table with

results from Salk vaccine trials in the early 1950s.

Did not contract Polio

Contracted Nonparalytic Polio

Contracted Paralytic Polio

Vaccinated

200,688

24

33

Vaccinated with Placebo

201,087

27

115

Do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude there is a dependence betweenVaccination Status and Polio Status?Use R to solve this problem.

  1. Test using a chi-square test. Report the p-value.
  2. Test using a permutation test with 2000 permutations. Report the p-value.

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