Conduct statistical analyses. The dataset includes information from 28,000 rando

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Conduct statistical analyses.

The dataset includes information from 28,000 randomly selected adults from 5 states (2015 BRFSS dataset). Table 1 below provides the list of data elements, description of data elements, and value labels.

Table 1 : Module two application activity list of data elements

Variable

Description

Value labels

CHOLESTEROL

Checked cholesterol level in the past 5 years

1= yes

2= No

3= Never checked

MARRIAGE

Marital status

1= yes

0= no

Does the data support the hypothesis that MARRIAGE is related to CHOLESTEROL?

What type of analysis should be used to answer this question? Why did you choose that type of analysis? Your options are: one sample t-test, one sample z-test, independent samples t-test, chi-square, ANOVA, and linear regression.

Table 1 : Module two application activity list of data elements

Variable

Description

Value labels

CHOLESTEROL

Checked cholesterol level in the past 5 years

1= yes

2= No

3= Never checked

MARRIAGE

Marital status

1= yes

0= no

Explanation / Answer

We use correlation and linear regression analysis to analyse above data. Because we have to compute dependency or correlation of these two variables.

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