8 Do angry people have more heart disease? People who get angry easily tend to have more

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8 Do angry people have more heart disease? People who get angry easily tend to have more heart disease. Thats the conclusion of a study that followed a random sample of 12,986 people from three locations for about four years. All subjects were free of heart disease at the beginning of the study. The subjects took the Spielberger Trait Anger Scale test, which measures how prone a person is to sudden anger. Here are data for the 8474 people in the sample who had normal blood pressure.13 CHD stands for coronary heart disease. This includes people who had heart attacks and those who needed medical treatment for heart disease. Low anger Moderate anger High anger Total CHD 53 110 27 190 No CHD 3057 4621 606 8284 Total 3110 4731 633 8474 Do these data support the studys conclusion about the relationship between anger and heart disease? Follow the four-step process (page 53) in your answer.

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