The following is output for a test comparing race and eversm

The following is output for a test comparing race and ever-smoked 100 cigarettes using 2008 BRFSS data. What is the most appropriate conclusion?

Rows: _RACEGR2

Columns: SMOKE100

Contingency table results:

Where: SMOKE100 < 7 and _RACEGR2 <= 2

Rows: _RACEGR2

Columns: SMOKE100

Cell format

Count

(Expected count)

(Contributions to Chi-Square)

Yes

No

Total

White

380

(371)

(0.22)

400

(409)

(0.2)

780

Black

30

(39)

(2.08)

52

(43)

(1.88)

82

Total

410

(47.56%)

452

(52.44%)

862

(100%)

Chi-Square test:

Statistic

DF

Value

P-value

Chi-square

1

4.3792522

0.0364

a. Conditional column percentages are needed for an appropriate interpretation.

b. The results for whites contributed most to the significant Chi-Squared test.

c. Whites are significantly more likely to have smoked 100 cigarettes compared to African Americans.

d. Fail to reject the null hypothesis.

Cell format

Count (Expected count) (Contributions to Chi-Square)

Solution

The correct option is: C

Whites are significantly more likely to have smoked 100 cigarettes compared to African Americans