Question

Data is gathered on smoking in pregnancy and lower limb reduction in order to discovera correlation. You find that out of 100 babies with lower limb reduction, 32 of the babies had mothers who had smoked during pregnancy. Of 250 babies without lower limb reduction, 52 had mothers who smoked during pregnancy. Calculate the appropriate measure of association, showing all your work. Is there a connection between smoking and lower limb reduction? Interpret your findings, phrasing it in the appropriate way for the study type.

Answer 1

TOPIC: Measure of association between two categorical variables.