Question

A researcher notes that there seems to be a difference in the prevalence of individuals who are medication adherent and have high levels of education along with a high health literacy and the prevalence of individuals who are not medication adherent and have low levels of education along with a low health literacy. Use the appropriate hypothesis to determine if education level and health literacy status are related (independent) at the 5%. This is the first step in determining if confounding has influenced the study’s results. Then interpret your response.

	Low Level of Education
	Low Medication Adherence	High Medication Adherence	Total
Low Health Literacy	91	9	100
High Health Literacy	9	291	300
Total	100	300	400
	High Level of Education
	Low Medication Adherence	High Medication Adherence	Total
Low Health Literacy	96	4	100
High Health Literacy	4	296	300
Total	100	300	400

A) The chi square value of 0 is lower than the chi square value of 3.84, therefore we can reject H₀ in favor of H_1, which states that an individual’s level of education and medication adherence status are not independent of one another.

B) The chi square value of 0 is lower than the chi square value of 3.84, therefore we can accept H₀ and reject H_1, which states that an individual’s level of health literacy and medication adherence status are not independent of one another.

C) The chi square value of 0 is lower than the chi square value of 3.84, therefore we can accept H₀ and reject H_1, which states that an individual’s level of education and level of health literacy status are not independent of one another.

D) The chi square value of 0 is lower than the chi square value of 3.84, therefore we can accept H₀ in reject H_1, which states that an individual’s level of education and health literacy status are independent of one another.

Answer 1