IHP 525 Milestone Two Assignment

IHP 525 Milestone Two Table
Information on data set As evident, the data contains the
patients diagnose with myocardial
infarction (MI). The data exhibits the
age, gender, and body mass index of the
patients. Moreover, it incorporates the
follow up status (dead or alive) after the
treatment.
Which variables are you investigating? The variable of interest includes body
Mass index (bmi) and follow up status
(f stat)
What is the type of each variable? bmi is a continuous variable whereas
fstat is categorical variable
List the descriptive stats you will run on the data. Mean and standard deviation.
What does each calculation tell you about the data? Mean will expose the bmi value for a
particular group (dead or alive) whereas
standard deviation will expose the units
of variation from the mean
BMI of patients with acute myocardial infarction
A. Assess the collected data. Use this section to layout the source, parameters, and any
limitations of your data. Specifically, you should:
1. Describe the key features of your data set. Be sure to assess how these features affect
your analysis.
bmi
Mean 27.03816
Median 27.19158
Mode 24.21079
Standard Deviation 4.863044
Sample Variance 23.6492
Kurtosis -0.1904
Skewness 0.924