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You will be presented with a scenario and asked to conduct an
analysis following the steps for hypothesis testing used in the
NEDARC resource Hypothesis Testing. You are given the results from
a statistical analysis and asked to prepare a formal report of your
findings for the CEO of a diabetes clinic. Finally, you must
evaluate the consequences of your decision given the possibility
that the conclusion you reached based on the results of the
hypothesis test is wrong. This exercise is intended to help
sensitize you to the reality that statistics are tools to aid in
the decision-making process and not a guarantee that your decisions
are always going to be accurate. Word Count: 500 words You are the
director of a diabetes clinic that has recently completed a pilot
for a new disease management program intended to reduce blood
glucose levels in the participants. In developing the pilot study,
you set out to demonstrate that the program will be effective in
reducing average blood glucose levels for the program’s
participants. You hope to demonstrate the value of the program to
your CEO by presenting the findings from a hypothesis test based on
the results from the pilot study. After extensive preparation,
including a comprehensive review of the literature and discussions
with subject matter experts, the specifics of the disease
management program were devised. The program consisted of
individual counseling and education regarding lifestyle changes and
healthy eating choices. The program recruited 50 patients who were
seen twice a month, at which time they received individual
counseling, along with having their blood sugars checked and
tracked. The pilot lasted six months and required a fairly large
resource commitment on the part of the clinic. Prior to beginning
the program, participants had their blood glucose level drawn. The
expectation was that the average blood glucose level of the group
at the end of the pilot period would be lower than the average
blood glucose level at the beginning of the pilot. Over the course
of the six-month pilot period, the program went well. The
participants were engaged and seemed motivated, with very few
missed appointments and no dropouts along the way. While the
program ran smoothly the cost of the program compared to its value
would continue to be a factor in whether the program would be
renewed. The clinic expressed its commitment to continue the
program if the program was found to be successful in reducing
participants’ blood glucose levels. You are asked to prepare a
report to the clinic’s CEO detailing the value of the disease
management intervention. In collecting your data, you found that at
the beginning of the pilot the group’s average blood glucose level
was 257.5 milligrams per deciliter. At the end of the pilot period,
the average blood glucose level for the group was 240 milligrams
per deciliter. You have some knowledge of statistics and want to be
pretty conservative in your analysis, so you set your desired alpha
level at 0.01. You asked a statistician friend to run the numbers
and she reported back with the following statistics: t-test value:
-3.68 p-value: <0.01 Prepare a brief report to Dr. Wilhelmina
Smith, CEO of the diabetes clinic, detailing your findings and your
recommendation regarding whether the disease management program
should be continued. In other words, you need to answer the
question: Did the disease management program work? Your brief
should, at a minimum, include the following details: Present each
step for hypothesis testing as described in the NEDARC resource
Hypothesis Testing: State the alternative hypothesis (Ha) and null
hypothesis (Ho) for your analysis. You will need to construct these
for your report based on the scenario described above. Set the
alpha level and explain its significance. Interpret the probability
of Ho being true using the statistical results above. Explain
whether the data supports accepting or rejecting the Ho. Discuss
the potential sources of errors (Type I and Type II) possible in
all hypothesis testing exercises and provide an explanation of the
practical ramifications to your decision of making an error of each
type. Provide your recommendation about whether to continue the
program and a justification for your decision based on the results.
All sources, including course materials, must be cited in text in
APA style. If necessary, see the MHA program definition of outside
and peer-reviewed sources in MHA Information and Resources. Using
the MHA adaptation of APA citation, your reference page will
contain only your outside sources.