In an experiment testing a smoking cessation technique with two groups of smokers, one control and one experimental, what index would measure the proportion of individuals in the control group who may have avoided the undesirable outcome of continued smoking had they been chosen for the experimental group?

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Absolute risk reduction measures the difference in the outcome occurrence between two groups, which in this context would indicate the proportion of individuals in the control group who might have avoided continued smoking if they had been in the experimental group.

In an Experiment Testing a Smoking Cessation Technique with Two