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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//ABISOURCE//DTD XHTML plus AWML 2.2//EN" "http://www.abisource.com/2004/xhtml-awml/xhtml-awml.mod"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:awml="http://www.abisource.com/2004/xhtml-awml/"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8" /> <title> Abiword HTML Document </title> </head> <body> <div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;border:0.00pt solid #000000;border-collapse:collapse;empty-cells:show;table-layout:fixed"> <tr> <td rowspan="" colspan="" style="padding: 0.00pt;background-color:#003399;border:0.00pt solid #000000"> <p> <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Arial'">Evaluating a Statistical Study Assignment</span> </p> </td> <td rowspan="" colspan="" style="padding: 0.00pt;background-color:#003399;border:0.00pt solid #000000"> <p> <a name="_GoBack"> </a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="padding: 0.00pt;border:0.00pt solid #000000"> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">To complete this assignment, select one of the articles below taken from the online library and answer the questions that follow.</span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Articles</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">:</span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <a href="http://repo.pmi.edu/online/Master_Documents/MTH310_Research_Statistics/Lesson_7/Trends_Information_Preferences.pdf"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Trends in Patient Information Preferences and Acquisition</span></a><span style="font-family:'Arial'"></span></p> <p> <a href="http://repo.pmi.edu/online/Master_Documents/MTH310_Research_Statistics/Lesson_7/Determining_College_Performance.pdf"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Determining College Performance of Allied Health students</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'"></span></p> <p> <a href="http://repo.pmi.edu/online/Master_Documents/MTH310_Research_Statistics/Lesson_7/Impact_College_Sports.pdf"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">The Impact of College Sports Success on the Quantity and Quality of Student Applications</span></a> </p> <p> <a href="http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/23/4/811.abstract.full"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Child Abuse: Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation</span></a> </p> <p> <a href="http://repo.pmi.edu/online/Master_Documents/MTH310_Research_Statistics/Lesson_7/Reference_Equations_Six_Minute_Walk.pdf"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Reference Equations for the Six-Minute Walk in Healthy Adults</span></a> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Questions</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">:</span> </p> <p> </p> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Briefly summarize (2 or 3 sentences) the objectives and findings of the study</span><span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Describe the data analyzed in the study. Identify the data's level of measurement. How was it collected? Evaluate possible sources of error or bias in the data.</span><span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">What population characteristics or parameters were the researchers trying to evaluate or estimate? What sample statistics were used as indicators?</span><span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Identify one of the researcher's null hypothesis and the corresponding alternate hypothesis. Did the researchers accept or reject the null hypothesis? What was the confidence interval (significance level) used for evaluating the hypothesis. Evaluate how choosing a different confidence interval could impact the execution or results of the study.</span><span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Identify the type I and type II errors associated with accepting or rejecting the null hypothesis. Given the context of the study, which type of error is more critical to avoid? Why?</span><span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">How might the results of this study be used? Describe how the knowledge gained could be applied. Suggest additional research that could be pursued to supplement these findings.</span> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> </div> </body></html> ">
