Assignment:
Data Analysis Paper
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the KIDS COUNT Data Center. This website is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation to track the well-being of children in the United States. Data can be accessed by location or by topics such as demographics, economic well-being, education, family and community, health and safety, and risky behaviors.
For this assignment, you will chart data using Microsoft Excel to produce charts that will be included in your Data Analysis paper. If you need assistance with using Microsoft products, you can review Microsoft's Office Help & Training web page.
To complete the Data Analysis Paper,
· Go to the KIDS COUNT Data Center
· Choose one of the following data topics:
o Demographics
o Economic Well-being
- Education
- Family & Community
- Health
- Safety & Risky Behaviors
o Research your topic by extracting three scholarly, peer-reviewed articles on your chosen topic from the Ashford University Library.
o Choose your two state locations.
o Choose your national indicators.
o Choose a minimum of four years of data.
o Graph the data from the two different states the three following ways:
o Analyze the findings in your data for each state relative to the peer-reviewed articles that you read on your chosen topic. For additional help review the Ashford Writing Center's Summary vs. Analysis.
The Data Analysis Paper
· Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center APA Style.
· Address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
· Include a description of the data found, and the data source. (Summarize the data found, and how it was collected and eventually made available to the data center.) Include your three graphs and analyze which graph is most appropriate for the data and state why.
· Describe any trends found in the data.
· Include a minimum of three reasons why the data is similar or different from the two locations or over time.
· Summarize three articles from scholarly sources (excluding your textbook) that discuss the data you selected.
o The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
o To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Ashford University Library Quick ‘n' Dirty tutorial, which introduces the Ashford University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
· Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center's Citing Within Your Paper
· Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.
· Full page graphs are not counted as part of the three to four page minimum.
Required Text
Nelson, R. & Staggers. N. (2018). Health informatics: an interprofessional approach (2nd ed.).
· The full-text version of this e-book is available through your online classroom.
Required Resources
Articles
Friedman, C. P. (2013). What informatics is and isn't. Journal American Medical Informatics Association, 20(2),224-226.
Multimedia
Pollard, O. (2014). Health informatics timeline [Interactive timeline]. San Diego, CA: Ashford University.
Web Page
World Health Organization (n.d.). Global health observatory data repository.