IHP 525 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
Your task is to help the organization answer the health question by critically analyzing the data. You will run descriptive statistics and a statistical test, create a graph, interpret the results, and
present the results and recommendations to non-technical decision makers in the form of a data analysis. Keep in mind that it is your job to do this from a statistical standpoint. Be sure to
justify your conclusions and recommendations with appropriate statistical support.
Prompt
In order to successfully explore the health question, you need to plan what descriptive statistics, statistical test you need to run and what graph you need to create. In Milestone Three, you will
complete the Milestone Three Table document in which you propose the calculations and graph(s) you will need to perform to answer the health question you are investigating. In crafting your
table, consider the following:
Watch Choosing a Statistical Test (12:31).
What test will you need to run?
If you are hypothesis testing, what are your null and alternative hypotheses?
Is there a test that you want to use that you have not learned about yet? What is it? What is your plan for researching this test?
Then explain why you chose these calculations to explore your health question.
Speci�cally address this critical element:
I. Introduction
A. Process: Propose how you will go about answering the health question you were asked to address based on the data set provided.
What to Submit
You will submit a table and 1–2 paragraphs in a single Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and using APA format for all
citations. You may use the Milestone Three table document linked above as a template.
Milestone Three Rubric
Criteria Pro�cient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduction: Process Proposes process of answering health
question based on the data set provided
Proposes process of answering health
question based on data set, but response
contains inaccuracies, omits key
procedures, or procedures suggested are
inappropriate
Does not propose process of answering
health question based on data set
90
Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization
Submission has major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that negatively impact
readability and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that prevent understanding of
ideas
10
Total: 100%
