Card 2 / 10: Use the following information for questions 1-3: In a cohort study of breast cancer in older women, there are two groups, those who were exposed to a known carcinogen and those who were not.In the exposed group, the mean systolic blood pressure was 100 mm Hg, with a standard deviation of 8 mm Hg. There were 169 men in the exposed group. What is the standard error of the mean systolic blood pressure?
Answer:
Standard error = Standard deviation / sqrt(N) = 8 / sqrt(169) = 8/13 = 0.615
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Epidemiology Sampling & Confidence Intervals
Author:
Dr.Janet ForresterProfessor
Tufts University School of Medicine
USA
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