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Question 2

Dr. Aris wanted to investigate patient adherence to a new digital health coaching application designed for hypertension management. He compared patients from urban clinics with patients from rural clinics over a 6-month trial period.

He sampled:

  • 24 urban patients
  • 26 rural patients

At the end of the trial, Dr. Aris classified each patient's adherence level. Patients who logged their meals and blood pressure at least 5 days a week were classified as 'High Adherence', and those who logged less frequently were classified as 'Low Adherence'.

Table 1: Raw adherence classifications by location
LocationPatients with 'High Adherence'Patients with 'Low Adherence'
Urban618
Rural1412

Complete Table 2 to calculate the chi-squared statistic (χ2\chi^2χ2) for Dr. Aris's data to two decimal places.

Table 2: Calculation table for Chi-squared
Observed (O)Expected (E)O–E(O–E)2(O–E)^2(O–E)2(O–E)2/E(O–E)^2 / E(O–E)2/E
Urban‘High Adherence’69.6
‘Low Adherence’1814.4
Rural‘High Adherence’1410.4
‘Low Adherence’1215.6
Chi-squared (χ2\chi^2χ2) =
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