Learn By Doing – Causation
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Hint
When we practiced exploring the relationship between two categorical variables, we looked at a study in which the type of light in young children’s rooms when they sleep was examined, along with their later nearsightedness, or myopia.
Here is the two-way table that summarizes the collected data:
The conditional percentages allow us to compare the distribution of later nearsightedness among children who were exposed to each of the three nighttime light levels:
The striking finding was that children who slept with lamps on were more than 5 times more likely to be nearsighted later in life (54.7% vs. 9.9%). Based upon this data alone, parents might discontinue using night-lights and lamps with young children.
http://phhp-faculty-cantrell.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/files/2012/07/qz-LBD02022.swf
http://phhp-faculty-cantrell.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/files/2013/01/qzLBD02023.swf
Reveal a visual representation for previous the question.
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