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Latex allergy in health care workers. Refer to the Current
Chapter 6, Problem 132SE(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 132SE
Latex allergy in health care workers. Refer to the Current Allergy&Clinical Immunology (March 2004) study of health care workers who use latex gloves, presented in Exercise. In addition to the 46 hospital employees who were diagnosed with a latex allergy on the basis of a skin-prick test, another 37 health care workers were diagnosed with the allergy by means of a latex-specific serum test. Of these 83 workers with a confirmed latex allergy, only 36 suspected that they had the allergy when they were asked about it on a questionnaire. Make a statement about the likelihood that a health care worker with a latex allergy suspects that he or she actually has the allergy. Attach a measure of reliability to your inference.
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QUESTION:
Problem 132SE
Latex allergy in health care workers. Refer to the Current Allergy&Clinical Immunology (March 2004) study of health care workers who use latex gloves, presented in Exercise. In addition to the 46 hospital employees who were diagnosed with a latex allergy on the basis of a skin-prick test, another 37 health care workers were diagnosed with the allergy by means of a latex-specific serum test. Of these 83 workers with a confirmed latex allergy, only 36 suspected that they had the allergy when they were asked about it on a questionnaire. Make a statement about the likelihood that a health care worker with a latex allergy suspects that he or she actually has the allergy. Attach a measure of reliability to your inference.
ANSWER:
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From the given problem we have:
x = 36, and n = 83.
We need to make a statement about the likelihood that a healthcare worker with a latex allergy suspects that he or she actually has the allergy.