MPH516 Module 2 Assignment Latest 2021 August

MPH516 Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Public Health Application 2

Module 2 Assignment  

T-tests

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to apply knowledge of data analysis and interpretation by developing and running an accurate t-test analysis in SPSS. This includes proper result reporting in the form of a paper with output from SPSS and appropriate tables included.

Course Outcomes

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

CO7: Analyze epidemiological methods and the use of qualitative and quantitative statistical methods in relation to current public health trends. (POs 2 and 3)

 

Requirements

The T-test Assignment will be graded on accurately completing a t-test using a specified data source. In addition to this, you are expected to analyze the results of the data, correctly report this information, and speak of the significance of findings in terms of public health. The quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric will be evaluated.

Create your product using Microsoft Word, which is the required format for this assignment. Place output from SPSS into this word document as an appendix.

Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted in the Q&A Forum.

The length of this assignment is to be no less than 3 and no greater than 6 pages, excluding title and reference pages.

APA format is required with both a title page and reference page (no abstract is required). Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered)

Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Preparing the Assignment

T-tests are used when the test statistic follows normal distribution. ?It can be used to determine if the means of two sets of data are significantly different from each other.

You will complete a paired T-test analysis for this assignment using the data set provided to you.

Module 2 Dataset (Links to an external site.)

A study tested whether cholesterol was reduced after using a certain brand of margarine as part of a low fat, low cholesterol diet. The subjects consumed on average 2.31g of the active ingredient, stanol ester, a day. This data set contains information on 18 people using margarine to reduce cholesterol over three time points. There are two populations, A and B.

You will compare the means in population A pre and post intervention to that of population B pre and post intervention.

The variables you will consider are cholesterol levels and the use of margarine.

You will include a narrative that includes possible hypotheses and null hypotheses, an explanation of the relationship between the variables, and report the important results in APA format.