PUBH 6033 Week 10 Assignment (2015)

PUBH 6033—Week 10 Assignment 2

Identifying Risks and Hazards—Part 2

(Rubric included)

Instructions

For this Assignment, review this week’s Learning Resources. You will refer back to and use the SPSS output generated in this week’s Assignment 1 for this assignment as well. This output is based on the asbestos.sav dataset that related to the incidence of lung cancer for those exposed to asbestos and those not exposed. Be sure to refer back to that output and thenprovide your response to all items in this worksheet.

Submit this Application Assignment by Day 7.

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Note:Scores are to be entered by instructor

1. From the SPSS output generated in this week’s Assignment 1, copyonly your odds ratio analysis (“Risk Estimate”) portion of the output and paste, below:

Answer: ____ / 10 points

2. The p-value associated with a chi-square test only suggests whether or not the results are statistically significant. Why is it important to also look at the odds ratio?

Answer: ____ / 10 points

3. What does the odds ratio value in the SPSS output tell you, specifically, about lung cancer and exposure to asbestos?

Answer: ____ / 10 points

4. Based on your answer above, would you say there is a strong association between asbestos exposure and lung cancer?

Answer: ____ / 10 points

5. From the SPSS output generated in this week’s Assignment 1, copyonly your “asbestos * lung cancer Crosstabulation”portion of the output and paste, below:

Answer: ____ / 10 points

6. Using the formula provided in this week’s Learning Resources, and the data in the cross-tabulation output, calculate the odds ratio and show your work in your answer, below.

Answer: ____ / 10 points

Section below (scoring) is to be completed by Instructor

Scoring Rubric for Week 10 Assignment 2

Identifying Risks and Hazards—Part 2(60 points)