Problems

  1. Perform additional analysis on the individual variables in this case.
    1. Examine the outlier with a birthweight of 7500 g. What additional information would be helpful to have to disposition this outlier? Would you exclude this outlier from further analysis? Justify your decision.
    2. Identify variables in the data set that you think would not be useful in the analysis of total cost. Explain your rationale.
    3. Examine the distributions for Admit Day of the Week and Discharge Day of the Week. Do these distributions seem reasonable? Explain why or why not.
  2. Analyze total costs graphically for possible relationships with gender and CCS Procedure Aggregated. Discuss your findings and compare them to those presented in this case.
  3. What other factors, not contained in the data set for this case, might explain the differences in total costs between the eight hospitals? Review the websites of these hospitals and collect additional data. Create data visualizations to help determine if these factors are related to total costs. (Hint: consider the number of beds.)
  4. Select another region of New York State and download the data for newborns from SPARCS for 2014. Repeat the analysis of this case and compare your results to those of the Adirondack region.
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