Description
Instructions
Nursing home administration has the objectives of higher utilization, higher patient satisfaction, and lower readmissions, and they need to make a decision on whether to retain the department manager based on average performance over the past 70 months.
For this assessment, create a descriptive statistics table and histogram based on the Assessment 1 Dataset.
Write a narrative summary in a Word and insert the table and histogram graphic into this document.
Preparation
Download the Assessment 1 Dataset [XLSX].
The dataset contains the following variables:
utilization (average number of patient days per month).
satisfaction (patient satisfaction scores percentile rank).
readmissions (readmission rate per month).
Data Analysis Software
To complete the assessments in this course, you will need to use data analysis software to complete statistical calculations, create graphs, and tabular summaries, and share your results in a Microsoft Word document.
You will use Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Excel Analysis ToolPak add-in.
Be aware that not all statistical calculations, graphs, and tabular summaries can be completed in this software, so you may need to do some work outside of the software.
