A Study,conducted by Jackson Et Al

question 13

Multiple Choice

A study,conducted by Jackson et al.and published in the journal Cancer Causes and Control in 2009,examined 33,938 women aged 40 to 84 years old who resided in California and who reported having had a mammogram within the last 2 years.The researchers were interested in characteristics of women who routinely obtain mammograms,as suggested by the American Cancer Society,to detect breast cancer.The table below provides a column that refers to the sample size and provides characteristics of the 33,938 women who were included in the study who reported having had a mammogram. What is the value of the statistic, ,that represents the proportion of women in California who have less than a high school education?

• A)3599/33,938
• B)33,938/3599
• C)3599
• D)None of the above

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