MATH225
Week 3 Lab Assignment
Name: ….. Instructor Name: Allen Brown
Please use this template to help answer the questions listed in
the lab instructions. The “parts” below refer to the parts listed in
the lab instructions. Type your answers and post your
screenshots in the spaces given below. Then, save this document
with your name and submit it inside the course room.
Part 1. Read the assigned article.
Please reach out to your instructor if you did not receive the
assigned article for the term by Monday of Week 3.
Title: Considering chance in quality and safety performance
measures: an analysis of performance reports by boards in English
NHS trusts
Author(s): Kelly Ann Schmidtke, Alan J Poots, Juan Carpio, Ivo
Vlaev, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Richard J Lilford
Summarize the assigned article in one paragraph. Make sure to quote
and interpret at least one statistic.:
The article examines how NHS hospital boards present and interpret data related to
quality and safety to identify care problems. It focuses on the difficulty of distinguishing
meaningful signals from random noise in the data, highlighting that "only 6% of these
charts depicted the role of chance." The study found that only a small fraction of the charts
in NHS board papers included error bars or control lines to indicate the potential for
random variation, making it harder for boards to make informed decisions. The authors
argue that incorporating such visual cues, like control charts, could help board members
better distinguish between real issues and random fluctuations, improving decision-
making in healthcare settings.
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,Part 2. Choose ONE Graph, Table or Chart from the article.
Post a screenshot of ONE graph, chart or table from the assigned
article (The article may have more than one chart/table/graph but you
only choose one to analyze in this lab):
Part 3. Analyze the article.
Analysis
(Answer the following questions thoroughly in complete
sentences, referencing the graph, chart or table you
selected from the article.)
A. What type of data does the graph, chart or table from your
screenshot above display (Quantitative or Qualitative data)?
Explain how you came to that conclusion.
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Week 3 Lab Assignment
Name: ….. Instructor Name: Allen Brown
Please use this template to help answer the questions listed in
the lab instructions. The “parts” below refer to the parts listed in
the lab instructions. Type your answers and post your
screenshots in the spaces given below. Then, save this document
with your name and submit it inside the course room.
Part 1. Read the assigned article.
Please reach out to your instructor if you did not receive the
assigned article for the term by Monday of Week 3.
Title: Considering chance in quality and safety performance
measures: an analysis of performance reports by boards in English
NHS trusts
Author(s): Kelly Ann Schmidtke, Alan J Poots, Juan Carpio, Ivo
Vlaev, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Richard J Lilford
Summarize the assigned article in one paragraph. Make sure to quote
and interpret at least one statistic.:
The article examines how NHS hospital boards present and interpret data related to
quality and safety to identify care problems. It focuses on the difficulty of distinguishing
meaningful signals from random noise in the data, highlighting that "only 6% of these
charts depicted the role of chance." The study found that only a small fraction of the charts
in NHS board papers included error bars or control lines to indicate the potential for
random variation, making it harder for boards to make informed decisions. The authors
argue that incorporating such visual cues, like control charts, could help board members
better distinguish between real issues and random fluctuations, improving decision-
making in healthcare settings.
1
©2024 Chamberlain University
,Part 2. Choose ONE Graph, Table or Chart from the article.
Post a screenshot of ONE graph, chart or table from the assigned
article (The article may have more than one chart/table/graph but you
only choose one to analyze in this lab):
Part 3. Analyze the article.
Analysis
(Answer the following questions thoroughly in complete
sentences, referencing the graph, chart or table you
selected from the article.)
A. What type of data does the graph, chart or table from your
screenshot above display (Quantitative or Qualitative data)?
Explain how you came to that conclusion.
2
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