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Biostatistics Assignment: Biostatistics Web Quest
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to identify and utilize biostatics and epidemiology
concepts through guided research and directed evaluation of current website population data
bases. Interpret biostatistics data in application to nursing practice, education and research.
https://www.cdc.gov/datastatistics/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/surveillancepractice/data.html
https://seer.cancer.gov/statistics/interactive.html
https://www.who.int/gho/en/
Student Learning Outcomes:
• Understand the biostatic methods utilized in population health and disease surveillance
• Demonstrate the ability to research relevant web based population biostatics and
epidemiological data for a specific population health issue
• Practice with website statistical data base interactive tools
• Demonstrate ability to analyze and interpret biostatistics/epidemiological data
• Demonstrate synthesis population based biostatistics/epidemiological data to develop
meaningful and relevant data interpretation for application nursing practice, education or
research
Instructions:
• Open the Power Point-Biostatics Web Quest
• Follow the directions on each slide and click on the web links provided for directed research
• Explore and research each web link provided
• Choose a topic of interest and use the interactive databases to answer the slide questions
• Create a Wiki and submit your answers
• Explore and comment on 2 peer assignment submissions
Biostatistics Assignment: Biostatistics Web Quest Grading Criteria
Answers:
Slide 5: 25 points
• Choose a topic of interest in the interactive database
• Identify:
• Current National and NYS State Data
• Compare relevant statistics for incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality
• Analyze differences and similarities
• Develop an appropriate nursing sensitive intervention to improve outcome
measures
Slide 6: 30 points
• Explore “Fast Stats” to create a display of selected data for cancer type
• Compare 2 state cancer profiles list key data results, comment on differences or
similarities
• Explore Confidence Intervals for Ranks -select one of the 2 databases (US Mortality or
US Cancer Incidence) explain results depicted either by State, County or Special Region
• Explore Cancer Statistics Animator and explain the trends depicted
Slide 7: 30 points
• Explore the statistical story depicted in the WHO interactive graphs for health equity
outcomes
• Choose 1 of the 3 topics: (Child malnutrition, Child mortality or Reproductive Health
Interventions)
• Compare data for 2 countries on this topic
• Display data in graph
• Analyze and interpret the results
Peer comment: 15 points
Review submission of 2 of your peers-
Peer comment 1: 7.5 points
Peer comment 2: 7.5 points
• Offer scholarly feedback on relevance of the information presented in the wiki,
• Offer scholarly feedback on clarity of information presented in the wiki
• Comment on the application to either nursing practice/education or research