Introduction:
As a healthcare professional, you will work to improve and maintain the health of individuals, families, and communities in various settings. Basic statistical analysis can be used to gain an understanding of current problems. Understanding the current situation is the first step in discovering where an opportunity for improvement exists. This course project will assist you in applying basic statistical principles to a fictional scenario in order to impact the health and wellbeing of the clients being served.
Your Course Project will be completed in phases throughout the course. As you gain additional knowledge through the didactic portion of this course, you will be able to apply your new skills to this project. You will receive formative feedback from your instructor on each submission. The final project will be due in Module 05.
Scenario: NCLEX Memorial Hospital
You are currently working at NCLEX Memorial Hospital in the Infectious Diseases Unit. Over the past few days, you have noticed an increase in patients admitted with a particular infectious disease. You believe that the ages of these patients play a critical role in the method used to treat the patients. You decide to speak to your manager and together you work to use statistical analysis to look more closely at the ages of these patients. You do some research and put together a spreadsheet of the data that contains the following information:
• Client number
• Infection Disease Status
• Age of the patient
You need the preliminary findings immediately so that you can start treating these patients. Time to get to work!!!!
Background information on the Data:
The data set consists of 60 patients that have the infectious disease with ages ranging from 35 years of age to 76 years of age for NCLEX Memorial Hospital.
Remember this assignment will be completed over the duration of the course. The requirements for each assignment are as follows:
Instructions for Each Assignment in the Course Project
Part 1 — Submit during Module 02:
Your analysis of this data set should include the following:
1. Introduce your scenario and data set.
a. Provide a brief overview of the scenario you are given above and the data set that you will be analyzing.
b. Classify the variables in your data set.
1) Which variables are quantitative/qualitative?
2) Which variables are discrete/continuous?
3) Describe the level of measurement for each variable included in your data set.
2. Summarize and graph your data.
a. Choosing one of the quantitative variables from your data set, construct a frequency distribution that has a minimum of 5 classes (please do not include more than 10 classes). The frequency distribution should contain the following columns:
1) Lower and Upper Class Limits
2) Frequencies
3) Class Boundaries
4) Midpoints
5) Relative Frequencies
6) Cumulative Frequencies
b. Interpret the results of your frequency distribution in context of your chosen scenario.
c. Using the same variable from your frequency distribution, construct a histogram.
1) Summarize the results of your histogram.
a) Discuss the construction of your histogram.
o What values were used on the horizontal and vertical axes?
o What does the height of the bars represent?
o What is the shape of the distribution?
b) Interpret the results of your histogram in context of your chosen scenario.
3. Conclusion
a. Recap your ideas by summarizing the information presented.
This assignment should be formatted using APA guidelines and be a minimum of 1 page in length.
Part 2 — Submit during Module 03:
1. Discuss the importance of the Measures of Center and the Measures of Variation.
a. What are the measures of center and why are they important?
b. What are the measures of variation and why are they important?
2. Using the variable that you analyzed in Part 1, calculate the measures of center and measures of variation. Interpret your results in context of your chosen scenario.
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Midrange
e. Range
f. Variance
g. Standard Deviation
3. Perform an exploratory data analysis on your variable by calculating the 5-number summary. Interpret your results in context of your chosen scenario.
4. Conclusion
a. Recap your ideas by summarizing the information presented.
This assignment should be formatted using APA guidelines and be a minimum of 2 pages in length.
Part 3 — Submit during Module 04:
1. Introduce your assignment with a discussion of probability distributions.
a. What is a probability distribution?
b. What are the requirements for a probability distribution?
c. How are probability distributions helpful for the analysis of your chosen scenario?
2. Using the discrete/quantitative variable that you analyzed in Part 1, construct a probability distribution for the data. Interpret your results in context of your chosen scenario.
3. Calculate the parameters of your probability distribution. Interpret your results in context of your chosen scenario.
a. Mean
b. Variance
c. Standard Deviation
4. Use the Range Rule of Thumb to identify any unusual results. Interpret your results in context of your chosen scenario.
5. Conclusion
a. Recap your ideas by summarizing the information presented.
This assignment should be formatted using APA guidelines and be a minimum of 2 pages in length.
Part 4 — Submit during Module 05:
1. Using all of your Course Project Assignments (from Parts 1, 2, and 3), create a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation that summarizes your analysis. Your PowerPoint should include the following:
• Slide 1: Title Page
• Slide 2: Description of your chosen scenario and data set and introduce the variable(s) used for your analysis
• Slide 3: Frequency Distribution and Histogram for the discrete variable that you analyzed.
o Interpret your distribution and histogram in context of your chosen scenario.
• Slide 4: Measures of Central Tendency
o Interpret your results in context of your chosen scenario.
• Slide 5: Measures of Variation
o Interpret your results in context of your chosen scenario.
• Slide 6: Probability distribution for your variable(s)
o Interpret your results in context of your chosen scenario.
• Slide 7: Include the Mean, Variance and Standard deviation of your probability distribution
o Interpret your results in context of your chosen scenario.
o Discuss any unusual values identified from your analysis.
• Slide 8: Conclusion
o Recap your ideas by summarizing the information presented.
• Slide 9: References in APA format
o Give credit to any sources used for your analysis
This assignment should be formatted using APA guidelines and a minimum of 9 slides in length.