You are encouraged to review the chi-square, correlation, and regression materials from previous units. Then, review How to Choose a Statistical Test and the test-selection tutorials linked in the Resources to determine which test is most likely to be appropriate for your data type.
Instructions
Using SPSS and the Framingham study data set, perform and interpret statistical tests that answer the following research questions. Then, provide a written analysis of your results.
At baseline, was there a significant association between gender (variable: sex1) and smoking status (variable: cursmoke1)?
At baseline, how much variation in participant cholesterol levels (variable: totchol1) could be explained by the variation in an individual’s BMI (variable: bmi1)?