IHP 525 Milestone One Guidelines and
Rubric
Overview: Final Project Data Analysis is an opportunity for you to demonstrate your ability to run basic statistical calculations. You have been provided with a
data set (uploaded to StatCrunch in the ungraded activity in Module One) and a list of health questions that could be studied using the provided data set.
Prompt: For Milestone One, you will need to select the health question you want to address in this project. You have been provided with a possible list of
questions in the Health
Question
Options document.
Specifically, you must address the following critical element:
I. Introduction
A. State the overall health question you have been asked to address in your own words. Be sure you capture the key elements of the question,
using language that a non-technical
audience
can understand.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: You will submit one paragraph in a Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch
margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduction: Health
Question
States overall health question in own
words, capturing key elements of
question while using language
appropriate for a non-technical
audience
States overall health question in own
words, but response contains
inaccuracies, omits key details, or does
not use language appropriate for a nontechnical audience
Does not state overall health question
in own words
80
Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related
to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax,
or organization
Submission has major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that negatively impact
readability and articulation of main
ideas
Submission has critical errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that prevent
understanding of ideas
20
Total 100%
IHP 525 Milestone One Health Question Options
For Final Project Data Analysis Milestone One, you will select ONE health question to explore throughout the course.
From the list below, select one health question to research with the provided data set:
● To what extent does gender influence the length of hospital stays for MI patients?
● To what extent do the ages of MI patients vary by gender?
● Does the length of hospital stay for MI patients vary by the final status (follow-up status) of the patient?
● Does age affect the survival (follow-up status) of MI patients?
● Does BMI affect the survival (follow-up status) of MI patients?