Test the whether the attitude toward keeping weight down associated with smoking status.
The data were obtained from 12-18 years old living in households across the country. The teenagers responding to the survey were classified as Never Smoked (NS), Experimenter with smoking (EX), Former Smoker (FS) and current smoker (CS). The question they were asked was: Do your peers care about keeping their weight down? The table below summarizes the data:
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NS
|
EX
|
FS
|
CS
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A lot
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6297
|
3613
|
187
|
2114
|
|
Somewhat
|
2882
|
1677
|
90
|
793
|
|
A little
|
1441
|
625
|
16
|
354
|
|
Not at all
|
1709
|
822
|
33
|
377
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Is the attitude toward keeping weight down associated with smoking status of the teenager? Describe you answer using CI's.