Question

For the population of women whose mothers took the drug DES during pregnancy, a sample of women showed that developed tissue abnormalities that might lead to cancer. Provide a descriptive statistic (to 1 decimal) that could be used to estimate the number of women out of in this population who have tissue abnormalities.

Answer 1

The complete question is as follows:

For the population of women whose mothers took the drug DES during pregnancy, a sample of 3980 women showed 63 developed tissue abnormalities that might lead to cancer. Provide a descriptive statistic that could be used to estimate the number of women out of 1000 in this population who have tissue abnormalities.

Answer:

The correct answer would be 15.8 % or 15.8 women

Explanation:

Given:

The sample of women = 3980

Tissue abnormalities developed mother took DES = 63

Solution :

The proportion of women who took the drug and developed tissue abnormalities

p =
`(abnormalties)/(total sample)`

=
`(63)/(3980)`

=0.015829 or 1.58 %

Now, the number of women out of 1000 in this population who have tissue abnormalities

=
`1000*1.58%`%

= 15.8

Thus, the correct answer is = 1.58 women out of 1000.