Homework Help: statistics in health care

Posted by Jean on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 4:07pm.

For example, you may be interested in learning whether there is a significant difference in birth weight for children born to mothers who take prenatal vitamins compared to children whose mothers take none. If you have collected ratio level, birth weight data from the two groups, what test is best suited to analyze the two sets of data and to determine whether there is a significant difference?

statistics in health care - Ms. Sue, Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 7:06pm
Which test do YOU think is best suited to analyze these data? We'll be happy to comment on your answer.

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