Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 2 5J b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
Two packs contain cigarettes. Holding height fixed, increasing average consumption from zero to two packs per day changes the log odds byThe corresponding odds ratio is thereforeThus the model estimates that a two-pack-per-day smoker has about times the odds of heart disease of an otherwise comparable nonsmoker. This is an association in the fitted observational model, rather than by itself a causal conclusion.