Quizzes & Puzzles1 min ago
any statistician around?
The problem:
In the patient population there is only 45% of the data on ethnicity of the patient-55% is missing.
Do you think that by analysing trends in the 45% of the observable data spectrum the conclusions reached can be valid for the whole population?
I think the answer is no. What do u think?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.yes I think you should go ahead and analyse the 45% and then discuss whether it is exptendable to the whole population.
Then no-one is being misled and the reader can make his own decision.
if it is randomly missing and a large sample the answer is maybe
if it has been weeded according to some rule - take out all the afrocaribeans then the answer is clearly no
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