Assignment: Descriptive Statistics

For this assignment you will be analyzing data about the hospital you selected for your Course Project. Mayo clinic Rochester Minnesota. The choice of data-topic is up to you; this way you can be certain that data is available.

Health Information Management students might focus on topics related to clinical outcomes, reimbursements, or specific diseasesOnce you have located your data, analyze it and produce:

1. at least 3 descriptive statistics

2. at least one chart or graph

Present these elements in a 2 page paper with properly cited APA references (not including your data and chart/graph information). Be sure to include adequate explanation of the statistics used and their importance as related to the topic.

Descriptive statistics such as means, standard deviations, frequencies, ranges, percentiles, etc. can be used. Your textbook is a great resource for ideas on statistics you can analyze.

You will most likely need to use some statistical analysis software to help make your calculations. You probably have Excel installed on your computer already and can find YouTube videos for 'Descriptive Statistics in Excel'. If you have another software package that you are comfortable using for your job or are feeling adventurous to learn something new, feel free to select different software to help with your analysis.