Use the Following Sample Data for the Next Questions

question 3

Short Answer

Use the following sample data for the next questions. Medical researchers, in a
three year study of Gardasil, a vaccine for the prevention of infection from four
types of Human Paplillomavirus, or HPV, on 552 women, ages 16 to 23, reported
the following data:
-Find the odds ratio for patients who developed the HPV infection in the group given the placebo compared to group given the vaccine.

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Definitions:

Radiotherapy

A treatment method that uses high-energy radiation, typically X-rays, gamma rays, or electrons, to damage or destroy cancer cells.

Cobalt Treatment

A form of radiotherapy using gamma rays from cobalt-60 to treat conditions such as cancer.

Radiation Absorbed Dose

A measure of the amount of radiation energy absorbed by an object or person, expressed in Grays (Gy).

Rad

An abbreviation for "radical," often used in chemistry to describe highly reactive molecules with unpaired electrons; colloquially, used to express that something is excellent or cool.