There is often the requirement to evaluate descriptive statistics for data within the organization or for healthcare information.
There is often the requirement to evaluate descriptive statistics for data within the organization or for healthcare information. Every year the National Cancer institute collects and publishes data based on patient demographics. understanding differences between the groups based upon the collected data often informs health care professionals towards research, treatment and patient education.
Using the data on the national cancer institute data ,excel spreadsheet, calculate the descriptive statistics indicated below for each of the race, ethnicity groups.
Refer to you text book and the topic resources as needed for assistance in with creating excel formulas
Provide the following descriptive statistics
1.measure of central tendency: mean ,median and mode
2 measure of variation: valance, standard deviation and range (a formula is not needed for range)
3 once the data is calculated provide a 250 to 250 word analysis of the descriptive statistics on the spreadsheet.
This should include differences and health outcomes between groups.
APA style is not required but solid academic writing is expected
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