Analyzing the data

[Gerhard Sulo]

Dear all. I am required to analyze the data on a project that requires answering the question:
Why is the prevalence of a disease X higher in community A compared to comunity B?

An invitation to participate in the study was send to all children, age 12 (population at risk) in both communities.
Information on disease status (disease X) was collected for each study participants. Through an administred questionaire, information on risk factors was collected.

Any ide what sort of analysis may be more suitable to aswer my question?

Thanking in advance for any helpfull suggestion

Gerhard

[Clyde Schechter]

This sounds a lot like a homework problem or perhaps a problem on a take-home examination. It is the general policy here that we do not provide assistance in those contexts as it is normal academic protocol that students are required to complete those problems without assistance.

If this is not your situation, please describe the context in which you are being asked to do this and a description of the data you are asked to work with.