7-2 Final Project Data Analysis Milestone Four: Data Analysis

IHP 525 Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric Overview: Your task is to help the organization answer their question by critically analyzing the data. You will run descriptive statistics and a statistical test, create a graph, interpret the results, and present the results and recommendations to non-technical decision makers in the form of a data analysis. Keep in mind that it is your job to do this from a statistical standpoint. Be sure to justify your conclusions and recommendations with appropriate statistical support. Prompt: In Milestone Three, you created a table listing the statistics you were going to complete to investigate your health question. In Milestone Four, you will actually complete these calculations. Specifically, you must address these critical elements:

I. Data Analysis

A. Graphs: In this section, you will use graphical displays to examine the data. 1. Create at least one graph that gives a sense of the potential relationship between the two variables that form your chosen health

question. Include the graph and discuss why you selected it as opposed to others. B. Conduct an appropriate statistical test to answer your health question. C. Explain why this test is the best choice in this context. D. Analysis of Biostatistics: Use this section to describe your findings from a statistical standpoint. Be sure to:

1. Present key biostatistics from the graph(s) and statistical test and explain what they mean. Be sure to include a spreadsheet showing your work or a copy of your StatCrunch output as an appendix.

2. What statistical inferences or conclusions can you draw based on the results of your statistical test, descriptive statistics and graph? Justify your response.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: You will submit screenshots of the graphs, the completed table from Milestone Three, and 2–4 paragraphs explaining and interpreting these items in a single Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and using APA format for any citations.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Data Analysis: Graphs: Graph

Creates a graph that gives a sense of the potential relationship between two variables that form the chosen health question and discusses why this graph was selected over others

Creates a graph that gives a sense of the potential relationship between two variables that form the health question and discusses why this graph was selected over others, but graph is inappropriate, reasons are illogical, or response contains inaccuracies

Does not create a graph that gives a sense of the potential relationship between two variables

20

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Data Analysis: Test Conducts appropriate statistical test

accurately to answer chosen health question

Conducts statistical test to answer chosen health question, but response contains inaccuracies or test is not conducted appropriately

Does not conduct appropriate statistical test to answer chosen health question

20

Data Analysis: Best Choice Explains why test is the best choice in this context

Explains why test is the best choice in this context, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not explain why test is the best choice in this context

15

Data Analysis: Analysis: Biostatistics

Presents graph and statistical test results, including spreadsheet showing work or computer output, and accurately explains what chosen calculations mean

Presents graph and statistical test results, including spreadsheet showing work or computer output, and explains what they mean, but response contains inaccuracies or omits key details

Does not present graph and statistical test results, including spreadsheet showing work or computer output and does not explain what these calculations mean

20

Data Analysis: Analysis: Statistical Inferences

Draws appropriate statistical inferences based on statistical hypothesis test results and graph and justifies response

Draws appropriate statistical inferences based on test results and graph, but does not justify response, justification is illogical, or response contains inaccuracies

Does not draw appropriate statistical inferences or conclusions based on test results and graph

20

Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

5

Total 100%