Catherine Owens Assignment

Assignment: Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing in Medical Scenarios

Confidence intervals (CIs) and hypothesis tests assist healthcare administration leaders in executing decision making for a wide variety of conditions or experiences in a health services organization. Interpreting the significance of the information provided in hypothesis testing can ensure that healthcare administration leaders execute the best and appropriate measures possible to ensure effective healthcare delivery.

For this Assignment, review the resources for this week. Then, review your course text, and complete Problem 66 on page 410 (Attached) and Case Study 9.3 on pages 412-413 (Attached). Consider the type of analysis tools you may use to best fit the case study provided.

For Chapter 9, problem 66, you will need to download the file P09_66.xlsx (Attached).

The Assignment: (5 pages)

· Complete Problem 66 on page 410 (attached) of your course text using SPSS (xlsx Attached).

· Complete Case Study 9.3, "Removing Vioxx From the Market," on pages 412-413 of your course text (Attached).

· This case study requires only calculations and analysis of them, so you may complete this case study using any tool you choose.

By Day 7

Submit your answers and embedded analysis (SPSS and other analysis) as a Microsoft Word management report.

Resources:

Media

The Doctoral Journey. (2013). SPSS tutorial: One way ANOVA. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYn5Jv7Gh4s

The Doctoral Journey. (2013). SPSS tutorial: Independent t test. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0TMKRkpuNU

The Doctoral Journey. (2013). SPSS tutorial: Paired sample t test. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVZi-62uTTg