A friend of mine is an abdominal transplant specialist. That is, he specializes in kidney, pancreas and livertransplants. After a few conversations with him, I became interested in the factors that affect thesurvival rate of transplant recipients. For example, I read some information on recipient if the donor was living as opposed to receiving the organ from a cadaver.Also, I read on one of the pages at this website that kidney transplant survival was higher for a spouse tospouse transfer than for transplants between unrelated persons. As we discuss why statistics are usefulin decision-making, what statistics do you think are important to consider as to why the survival ratewas higher for spouse to spouse transfer?Can you find any research that supports this claim or may help understand why this is the case?

A friend of mine is an abdominal transplant specialist. That is, he specializes in kidney, pancreas and livertransplants. After a few conversations with him, I became interested in the factors that affect thesurvival rate of transplant recipients. For example, I read some information on recipient if the donor was living as opposed to receiving the organ from a cadaver.Also, I read on one of the pages at this website that kidney transplant survival was higher for a spouse tospouse transfer than for transplants between unrelated persons. As we discuss why statistics are usefulin decision-making, what statistics do you think are important to consider as to why the survival ratewas higher for spouse to spouse transfer?Can you find any research that supports this claim or may help understand why this is the case? Whatother variables do you think should be considered?How could you use the test of hypothesis for a difference in two proportions (percentages, rates) toestablish a null and alternative hypothesis? Define each population and then state what you would test.Which level of significance would you choose? Why?