Assignment

Analysis of Biostatistical Article

Identify a peer-reviewed article from the South University Online Library that presents statistical analysis of a pertinent topic of public health interest or importance. Provide a link to this article and give a brief summary of the article, including hypotheses, methods, and findings. Research the topic and available data sources. On the basis of the biostatistical methods you have learned about in this course, analyze the article and its findings.

Here are some points to consider in your analysis:

• What data are available on this topic?
• What data does the article use?
• Discuss the level of measurement, assumptions that can be made, statistics that can be calculated from these data, and the general quality of the data.
• What is the type of study or study design used?
• Explain the type of biostatistical study design that the author has used.
• Describe the hypothesis or hypotheses that the author intends to test.
• Explain the statistics that the author uses to test these hypotheses.
• What are the article's statistical findings?
• Describe the statistical results of the author's analysis.
• Provide a substantive interpretation of these findings (What do the results mean in relation to the hypotheses and the public health topic?).
• Describe the author's recommendations about this topic based on his or her findings and hypotheses.
• If you had been the author, what changes, if any, would you have made in the study you analyzed?
• Discuss whether the author made any statistical errors.
• Were the correct data used for the questions asked?
• Were the correct data available?
• Were the correct statistics used for the data available?
• What other data might you want to collect and why?
• Do the statistical findings support the author's conclusions?

Feel free to add any other points you feel add to the analysis.

Write your response in a 6- to 8-page Microsoft Word document.

Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that could be used to present your analysis to the class (or the public).

Cite any sources in APA format.

Submission Details:

• Name your document SU_PHE5020_W5_A2a_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
• Name your presentation SU_PHE5020_W5_A2b_LastName_FirstInitial.ppt.
• Submit your document and presentation to the Doc Sharing area and W5 Assignment 2 Dropbox bySaturday, August 27, 2016.

Note: The presentation created in this week will be used as the basis for theW6 Assignment 1 discussion question.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Data: Gave a thorough and correct description of the data available on this topic and what data the article used.	80
Study design: Gave a thorough and correct description of the type of study or study design.	80
Statistical findings: Gave a thorough and correct description of the article's statistical findings.	80
Suggested changes or errors: Gave a thorough description of the appropriate changes made in the study design or errors made by the author.	80
Writing: Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in the accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.