A study was conducted to investigate the relationship between severe headaches and being left- or right-handed. (Incidentally,
Question:
A study was conducted to investigate the relationship between severe headaches and being left- or right-handed. (Incidentally, Lisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe Buffay on the hit sitcom "Friends," is an author on this study.) Of 273 participants with cluster headaches, 24 were left-handed. Of 477 participants with migraine headaches, 42 were left-handed.
(a) Give an estimate for the proportion of cluster headache sufferers who are left-handed.
(b) Use StatKey or other technology to construct and interpret a 95\% confidence interval for the proportion of cluster headache sufferers who are left-handed.
(c) Give an estimate for the proportion of migraine sufferers who are left-handed.
(d) Use StatKey or other technology to construct and interpret a 95\% confidence interval for the proportion of migraine sufferers who are lefthanded.
(e) Compare your confidence intervals in parts (b) and (d). Which is more narrow? Explain why.
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Statistics, Enhanced Unlocking The Power Of Data
ISBN: 9781119308843
2nd Edition
Authors: Robin H Lock, Patti Frazer Lock, Kari Lock Morgan, Eric F Lock, Dennis F Lock