A Study Was Conducted on Horses to Identify Factors That

question 33

Multiple Choice

A study was conducted on horses to identify factors that might contribute to the formation of enteroliths-stones that form in the colon of the horse and eventually lead to blockage and death. The table below summarizes disease status by sex (gelding, mare, and stallion) . How many conditional distributions for disease status p (being a case, given sex) can be calculated for these data?

• A)1
• B)2
• C)3

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