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Hal Hagood-Sarn Saetern

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Describes a Statistical Analysis of Survey Data and Supporting Examples

An examination or analysis process that is ill conceived can deliver contrary yields and numerous

out comes that are never talked about or utilized. It can ignore key discoveries and neglect to pull out the

subsets of the example where clear discoveries are apparent. The key is to have the exploration group

work methodically. As a survey, analysis can have data collected from many different and variable

sources. Among the most important methods are log-linear and logistic models and newer multilevel

modelling. These methods can support the analysts decisions on the complexity of tables to produce.

The information that follows is relevant to the HCAHPS survey, which is also known as the

CAHPS Hospital Survey, or Hospital CAHPS. HCAHPS is a core set of inquiries that can be combined

with a broader, tailored set of hospital-specific items. HCAHPS survey items complement the data

hospitals currently collect to support enhancements in internal customer services and quality related

activities. Appropriate tables and summarization of the information is of key importance and examples

follow in this paper.

Selects Metrics and Graphics from a Data Analysis

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Age
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Race

Sex
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Results of Data Analysis Fit Providing a Solution to a Business Problem

For this particular data set, three variables were chosen i.e. Age, Sex and Race. Measure of

central tendency or mean, the median and the mode as well as measure of dispersion of data or

variability, scatter, or spread are given in the tables above and below. These are often called descriptive

statistics because they can help you describe your data.

The mean value for Age was 8.32 with a mode of 12.00 and standard deviation of 4.03

The mean value for Sex was 1.64 with a mode of 2.0 and standard deviation of 0.477

The mean value for Race was 1.30 with a mode of 1.0 and standard deviation of 1.30

Mean, Median and Mode

These are all measures of central tendency. They help summarize a bunch of scores with a

single number. Suppose you want to describe a bunch of data that you collected to a friend for a

particular variable like height of students in your class. One way would be to read each height you

recorded to your friend. Your friend would listen to all of the heights and then come to a conclusion about

how tall students generally are in your class but this would take too much time. Especially if you are in a

class of 200 or 300 students! Another way to communicate with your friend would be to use measures of

central tendency like the mean, median and mode. They help you summarize bunches of numbers with

one or just a few numbers. They make telling people about your data easy (Statistics, 2017).

Range, Variance and Standard Deviation

These are all measures of dispersion. These help you to know the spread of scores within a

bunch of scores. Are the scores close together or are they really far apart? For example, if you were

describing the heights of students in your class to a friend, they might want to know how much the heights
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vary. Are all the men about 5 feet 11 inches within a few centimeters or so? Or is there a lot of variation

where some men are 5 feet and others are 6 foot 5 inches? Measures of dispersion like the range,

variance and standard deviation tell you about the spread of scores in a data set. Like central tendency,

they help you summarize a bunch of numbers with one or just a few numbers (Statistics, 2017).

The standard deviation is a measure of dispersion of data from its mean. The more spread out

the data, the higher the standard deviation. The variance and the interquartile range are also a measure

of spread. The variance is the standard deviation squared and so it weights outliers less heavily than the

standard deviation does. The interquartile is the distance between the 75th percentiles and the 25th

percentile, in other words, it is the third quartile subtract the first quartile. The variance and the

interquartile of the variables can be seen on the graphs below.

Age Sex

Race
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Documents an Executive Summary of Group Work

This analysis was performed by Group 2 of ANLT 5050 with members Sarn Saetern and Hal

Hagood. It is compilation of work performed by both members. The choice of Age, Sex and Race were

chosen by both participants. They reflect certain reoccurring variables from previous analyses of the

HCAHPS data.

Population Density is encompassed as a general control variable for forecasting response rates.

In other terms such as socioeconomics and demographics, population density can influence anything

from resource availability to commuting travel time as well as other factors. Thus, for the purpose of this

relationship, it is considered a general representation for the complexities of modern life. In addition,

relationships between population densities are included as a control especially when examining

relationships and factors between other variables and hospital-level Value based Purchasing or VBP

scores.

In this context, population density is treated as a loose proxy for patient volume. This operates

on the assumption that, generally speaking, hospitals primarily receive patients from surrounding

populations, and thus more dense populations lead to a higher influx of patients. It is recognized that this

is not a perfect proxy for patient volume, however, though this will be further discussed in the limitations

section below.

Measures of race are included to test for possible population demographic effects on hospital

performance and HCAHPS response rates. Again, this operates on the principle that hospitals likely draw

in patient populations that are reflective of their surrounding environment.

Furthermore, previous research has indicated that differences and similarities in both race and

ethnicity influence patient physician relationships, patient communication, care delivery, and perceptions

of bias. Thus, potential impacts of race and ethnicity should be included in the analytical model (cdn2,

2017).
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Reflects Upon Group Work Experience for a Data Mining Project

The group work experience so far has gone well. This is the first time either one of the

participants in this group has been in a group of only two members. Obviously one would tend to think

that the more input the better but this is not necessarily true.

There are certain benefits in working with a small group. Namely ease of communication and

quicker decisions are possible. Our primary means of communication has been text-based email, which

has worked well along with a Slack forum in which we can post our work. Overall, this has been one of my

better experiences in a group work scenario.

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Reference

Cdn2, (2017). HCAHPS Surveys Response Rates, Demographics, and Performance. Retrieved

January 20, 2017 from http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/249362/file-1678371031-

Pdf/HCAHPS Surveys-Response Rates Demographics

Statistics, (2017). What are measures of central tendency and dispersion? Retrieved January 18, 2017

from http://statistics-help-for students.com/

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