Homework: Creating and Interpreting a Demographic Table
Length: 2 to 3 pages.
By successfully completing this assessment you will address the following scoring guide criteria, which align to the indicated course competencies.
1) Competency 1: Describe underlying concepts and reasoning related to the collection and evaluation of quantitative data in health care research.
a. Write a summary narrative about statistical results.
2) Competency 2: Apply appropriate statistical methods using common software tools in the collection and evaluation of health care data.
a. Perform descriptive statistics for selected variables in a data set.
b. Create a demographic table populated with descriptive data for specific treatment groups.
c. Use appropriate statistics for a given data measurement level.
3) Competency 3: Interpret the results and practical significance of statistical health care data analyses.
a. Explain the clinical significance of a demographic table.
4) Competency 5: Address homework purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
a. Articulate meaning relevant to the main topic, scope, and purpose of the prompt.
Part I: Baseline Demographic Table
1) Use the Yoga Stress (PSS) Study Data Set for this assessment.
2) Follow the steps described in this assessment to use SPSS for performing a descriptive statistical analysis for the following selected variables from the Yoga and Stress Study data set: Age, Gender, Race, Military Status, Pre-intervention Psychological Stress Score.
3) Using How to Create a Demographic Table, create a demographic table and populate the table with the results of descriptive analysis.
a. Use the type of descriptive statistics most appropriate for the particular kind of data measurement level of each variable being reported.
b. Include appropriate univariate statistics for the variables for each treatment group: Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Education, and current Military Status.
c. Use appropriate statistics for a given data measurement level.
Part II: Interpretive Summary
1) Write a summary narrative about statistical results.
2) Prepare a properly formatted demographic table that includes appropriate univariate statistics for the variables for each treatment group.
o Explain the practical significance of a demographic table.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.