Suppose you want to compare the proportions of overweight and cancer. First, define your variables:

cancer <- g$cancer

overweight <- ifelse(g$bmi >= 25, 1, 0)

Have a look at your new variable to check everything makes sense:

table(overweight)

Next, perform a chi-squared test. For best practice, assigning the explanatory variable to x and the dependent variable to y. The “dependent variable” is so named because we are hypothesising that its value depends at least partly on some other variable(s) – called the “explanatory variable(s).”

chisq.test(x = overweight, y = cancer)

What do you get? What do you conclude? Enter the p-value in the box below (to 2 decimal places) and tick which of the given options for the conclusion you agree with.

This question compares the proportions of overweight and cancer from the data file shown in the following link: The file name is: cancer data for MOOC 1.csv. We are required to:

• load the csv file on your desk top.
• extract only two columns of data from the csv file: the BMI and Cancer columns.
• compare the proportions of overweight and cancer. BMI >= 25 is defined as overweight and is assigned (1) and not overweight is assigned (0).

The null hypothesis was that overweight and cancer are not associated. We are required to perform a chi-squared test in order to implement this comparison. A p-value of 0.6497 was obtained from running these lines of code, indicating that the null hypothesis should be accepted. However, I get 0% when I submitted my answer to the question. Apparently, a couple of my classmates got full marks when their conclusion was to reject the hypothesis based on their p-value.

Please take a look at the original csv data file and review the logical flow of the attached R codes and let me know if there are problems with the overweight and cancer data selected for the chi-squared test and errors in the codes. I enclose herewith a copy of the screenshot of the codes and the p-value output for your reference. I also include a copy of the grade sheet showing a mark of 0% and comments. Hi, I need help in writing a few lines of codes in R to do a Chi-squared test comparing the proportions of overweight and cancer.

Show all of your R coding with comments and output as required. Please review the codes in italics provided and let me know if you can add a few more lines of code to do the test as required and let me know the p-value.

Paper For Above Instructions

The task at hand involves executing a chi-squared test to determine the association between being overweight and the occurrence of cancer based on given data. A clear understanding of the prerequisites of hypothesis testing, coding for data manipulation in R, and statistical interpretation of the results are integral to this analysis.

Understanding the Variables

The first step involves defining the critical variables: cancer status and weight status (overweight). The R code snippet provided defines overweight based on a Body Mass Index (BMI) threshold of 25, which categorizes individuals as either overweight (1) or not overweight (0). The cancer variable, which indicates cancer status, is assumed to be binomial, coded from the dataset imported from the CSV file.

Loading the Data

Following the initial setup, we need to load the data from the CSV file. In R, this is typically accomplished using the read.csv function. The proper implementation to achieve this is:

# Load necessary library

library(dplyr)
Load CSV file from desktop
g <- read.csv("C:/Users/[YourUsername]/Desktop/cancer data for MOOC 1.csv")

After loading the data into R, it’s essential to ensure that the correct columns, namely BMI and cancer, are extracted. This is accomplished by selecting only the relevant columns of interest:

# Extract relevant columns

g_selected <- g %>% select(bmi, cancer)

Data Transformation

Next, we will execute the transformation to categorize the BMI into the overweight variable. This transformation is already indicated in the initial segment of the code but must be properly referenced after the data is loaded:

# Define the overweight variable

overweight <- ifelse(g_selected$bmi >= 25, 1, 0)

Testing the Hypothesis

With the variables set, we can now conduct the chi-squared test. It’s pivotal to construct a contingency table that summarizes the relationship between the overweight status and cancer occurrence:

# Create a contingency table

contingency_table <- table(overweight, g_selected$cancer)
Conduct the Chi-squared test
chi_result <- chisq.test(contingency_table)

Interpreting the Results

After running the chi-squared test via the code provided, one critical output is the p-value derived from the test results. The output may look something like this:

p-value = chi_result$p.value

For our case, if the resulting p-value is 0.6497, we compare this value against the typical alpha levels (0.05 or 0.01) used in hypothesis testing. Since 0.6497 exceeds these alpha levels, we fail to reject the null hypothesis.

Conclusion

In conclusion, based on the above analysis, the interpretation of the results suggests that there is no significant association between being overweight and cancer incidence in this sample. The crucial takeaway is that an understanding of the coding, analytical results, and statistical principles is essential when interpreting data outcomes effectively.

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