Autobiography

This is the week you turn in your outline and annotated bibliography to give direction to your paper (Review the assignment in Module 01.)

Outline:

· Provide a strong thesis statement outlines the path that your project will follow. Remember to reflect on an argumentative point of view (through an assumption or myth)

· Outline should support thesis, listing topics and sub-topics for your project.

Annotated Bibliography:

a. Annotated paragraphs for at least 3 sources include summary of the source, an evaluation, and description of source's usefulness.

b. Properly formatted using APA guidelines.

c. Mechanics follow required standards.

Recap of Project Goal:

· Write an argumentative research paper on a managed care-related topic, assumption or myth; thoroughly explaining what it is, why it's important, and how it fundamentally impacts the managed care system today. You will gather evidence on present a well-reasoned argument or debatable issue. The goal of an argumentative paper is to show that your perspective is valid. You are to form reasons, draw conclusions and apply them to your findings. The purpose is not to completely prove your point, but to convince readers, with your evidence, that your argument or position has merit.

· Your project is due by the end of Week 05. Along the way, you are responsible to do the research and writing and turn in portions of your project according to the following Time Line. (You will be given specific instructions each week.)

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1. Calculate the critical value and the test statistic.

Answer and Explanation

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2. Make a decision about the null hypothesis and explain your reasoning, then make a conclusion about the claim in nontechnical terms.

Answer and Explanation

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Dependent samples

This same new drug was tested on another group, but this time the test was done before the drug was administered, and then tested after the drug was given to the same group. The results are shown in the table below:

Subject	Before	After
1	199	190
2	174	172
3	195	187
4	170	167
5	179	169
6	182	181
7	183	176
8	208	193
9	185	179
10	155	145
11	169	166
12	208	197

Use the data above with a significance level of 0.05 to test the claim that for the populations of blood pressures before and after the drug, the differences have a mean greater than 0 mm Hg (so the claim is that the drug helps lower the blood pressure). Use the P-Value method to determine whether or not to reject the null hypothesis and state your conclusion.

3. Write the hypotheses in symbolic form, determine if the test is right-tailed, left-tailed, or two tailed and explain why.

Answer and Explanation

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4. Calculate the test statistic and the P-Value.

Answer and Explanation

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5. Make a decision about the null hypothesis and explain your reasoning, then make a conclusion about the claim in nontechnical terms.

Answer and Explanation

( Enter your step-by-step description and explanations here. )