A Group of Volunteers for a Clinical Trial Consists of 88

Multiple Choice

A group of volunteers for a clinical trial consists of 88 women and 90 men.20 of the women and 19 of the men have high blood pressure.Are high blood pressure and gender independent? Explain.

A) Yes;a patient with high blood pressure cannot be both male and female
B) No;
P(High blood pressure) = 0.219
P(High blood pressure| Female) = 0.227
These are not equal
C) No;
P(High blood pressure and Male) = 0.107
P(High blood pressure and Female) = 0.112
These are not equal
D) Yes;
P(High blood pressure and Male) = P(High blood pressure) ∙ P(Male)
E) Yes;
P(High blood pressure| Female) = 0.227
P(High blood pressure| Male) = 0.227
These are equal.