statistics
Message posted by val on November 5, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

23 exposed individuals had eatenfish contaminated with methylmercury for a period of 3 years.The control groupconsisted of 16 people who did not regularly consume contaminated fish. one of the Outcome measures given for each individual are;
the percentage of cells exhibiting chromosome damage ,called abnormal cells.hypothesis given is that if eating contaminated fish caused chromosomal damage,then one would expect more chromosome abnormalities in total.
Q.WHAT TYPE OF STATISTICAL TEST SHOULD I USE TO IDENTIFY WHETHER THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TYPICAL LEVEL OF CHROMOSOME DAMAGE IN THE EXPOSED AND CONTROL GROUP?DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONTROL AND EXPOSED GOUP

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Re: statistics
Message posted by JG on November 5, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)