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    JAVIER, Jericho S

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    The document describes analyzing data to determine if there is a significant difference in the mean age of ICU patients who survived versus those who died. It tests the data for normality using a Skewness/Kurtosis test, finds it is not normally distributed, and thus uses the Mann-Whitney test. The test results in a p-value of 0.0028, less than the significance level of 0.05, so the null hypothesis of no difference is rejected. The conclusion is that there is a significant difference in the ages of ICU patients who died versus those who survived.

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    The document describes analyzing data to determine if there is a significant difference in the mean age of ICU patients who survived versus those who died. It tests the data for normality using a Skewness/Kurtosis test, finds it is not normally distributed, and thus uses the Mann-Whitney test. The test results in a p-value of 0.0028, less than the significance level of 0.05, so the null hypothesis of no difference is rejected. The conclusion is that there is a significant difference in the ages of ICU patients who died versus those who survived.

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    The document describes analyzing data to determine if there is a significant difference in the mean age of ICU patients who survived versus those who died. It tests the data for normality using a Skewness/Kurtosis test, finds it is not normally distributed, and thus uses the Mann-Whitney test. The test results in a p-value of 0.0028, less than the significance level of 0.05, so the null hypothesis of no difference is rejected. The conclusion is that there is a significant difference in the ages of ICU patients who died versus those who survived.

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    JAVIER, Jericho S.

    1
    st
    year MAN
    Student #13-1878-562


    BIOSTAT FINAL EXAM

    Instruction for Nursing:

    Determine whether there is a significant difference in the mean age of ICU patients who
    survived and those who died. State your null and alternative hypotheses for this research
    problem. Perform the appropriate statistical test using Stata and interpret the results (state
    whether you will reject or fail to reject Ho, and state your conclusion).


    Hypothesis:

    Ho: There is no significant difference in the mean age of the patients in ICU who died and who
    survived.
    H1: There is a significant difference in the age of the patients in ICU who died and who
    survived.

    Interpretation:
    To find out if the given probability is normally distributed, we use the Skewness/Kurtosis test
    for normality. It yields the result of 0.0230, which is less than alpha = 0.05, thus the probability
    is not normally distributed.

    Skewness/Kurtosis tests for Normality

    Variable Obs Pr(Skewness) Pr(Kurtosis) adj chi2(2) Prob>chi
    AGE 100 0.0043 0.6684 7.55 0.0230


    For this observation, we are going to use the Mann Whitney Test for the following reasons:

    1. All the observations from both groups are independent of each other; and
    2. The observation is not normally distributed thus it requires a Non-Parametric Test.

    Two-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann-Whitney) test

    OUTCOME obs rank sum expected

    LIVED 80 3693.5 4040
    DIED 20 1356.5 1010

    combined 100 5050 5050

    unadjusted variance 13466.67
    adjustment for ties -13.09
    adjusted variance 13453.58

    Ho: AGE(OUTCOME==LIVED) = AGE(OUTCOME==DIED)
    z = -2.987

    Prob > |z| = 0.0028


    The result of the Mann Whitney Test yields a p-value of 0.0028, which is less than alpha = 0.05.
    Therefore the interpretation is Reject the Null Hypothesis.


    Conclusion: There is a significant difference in the age of the patients in ICU who died and
    who survived.

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