Data Analysis Questions-Practical1
Data Analysis Questions-Practical1
Attempteachthe following three tasks:
Explore the datafile that you have been given in Resources tocreate an appropriatestatistical summary forthedata. Try to correctly use the terminology introduced in Week 1
Produce a graph of the systolicanddiastolic blood pressure to compare vegetarians to non-vegetariansWrite yoursummary of findings as suitable for inclusion in a results section of a scientific report. Note you don't need to write the other sections for this submission (you do not need an introduction, methods or conclusion).
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NewquestionsforWeek2.Using the vegetarian data from Practical 1,andthe World Health Organization definitionof high blood pressure as"including any of the following:
systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mmHg, or
diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 90 mmHg," (Whitworth 2003)
And BMI of overweight is 25 or greater.
make the following calculations:
What proportion of thissamplegrouphave high blood pressure?
What proportion ofthissamplegroup have a BMIthat places themas overweight or obese?
UsingthepopulationinformationonhypertensionfromtheABS2017-2018NationalHealthSurvey (ABS2024) calculatethefollowingprobabilities:
What is the probability ofrandomly selecting one personfromthepopulation,that hashypertension?
If we consider riskfactors as well,if we consider from those who areoverweightbasedontheirself-reportedbodymass, what is the probabilitythatwerandomlyselectsomeone thathashypertension?
What is the probabilityofrandomlyselectingsomeonethat has hypertension if theyare both overweightbasedontheirself-reportedbodymass andthey get inadequate vegetable intakeaccordingtotheNHMRCguidelines?
Writeup: ConsiderifyoursamplecalculationresultsagreewiththepopulationresultsfromABS. Addyoucalculationresultsandasentenceexplainingwhetherthisagrees,ordoesnotagreetotheendofyoursummaryofyouranalysesfromPractical1. Checkthrough your Checklist and submit bytheendof Friday 2 August!
