Question

BMD and Depression. In the paper "Depression and Bone Mineral Density: Is There a Relationship in Elderly Asian Men? (Osteoporosis International, Vol. 16, pp. 610-615), S. Wong et al. published results of their study on bone mineral density (BMD) and depression for 1999 Hong Kong men aged 65 to 92 years. Here are the cross-classified data.

At the 1% significance level, do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that BMD and depression are statistically dependent for elderly asian man ?

Short answer

yes,the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that an association exists between

completion of treatment and practice type at the 1% significance level

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Given information

Step 2.

Check whether or not the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that BMD and depression are statistically dependent for elderly Asian men at 1 \% significance level.

Step 1:

The test hypotheses are given below:

Null hypothesis:

H0 : There is no association exists between BMD and depression.

Alternative hypothesis:

H1 : There is an association exists between BMD and depression.