A medical researcher conjectures that smoking can result in wrinkled skin around the eyes. By observing 150

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A medical researcher conjectures that smoking can result in wrinkled skin around the eyes. By observing 150 smokers and 250 nonsmokers, the researcher finds that 95 of the smokers and 103 of the nonsmokers have prominent wrinkles around their eyes.
(a) Do these data substantiate the belief that prominent wrinkles around eyes are more prevalent among smokers than nonsmokers? Answer by calculating the P-value.
(b) If the results are statistically significant, can the researcher readily conclude that smoking causes wrinkles around the eyes? Why or why not?
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Statistics Principles And Methods

ISBN: 9780470904114

7th Edition

Authors: Richard A. Johnson, Gouri K. Bhattacharyya

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