You chose one of the following topics of your interest and propose one of the following sampling methods

(simple random sampling, stratified random sampling, systematic random sampling, cluster random

sampling) to collect 100 subjects for data analysis. The initial post is due by Thursday of the assigned week

and the responses are due by Monday of the following week (due date listed in the syllabus). Grades will be

based on the originality of post and relevance to the topic being discussed; 25 points will be awarded for the

initial post and 5 points will be awarded for each response. Students are required to give response to at least

ONE post written by other classmate. The statement of "I agree/disagree with Mary" is not an appropriate

response and will have zero point for the discussion board. If you agree/disagree with another post, you need to

explain the rationale behind your feedback statement. The original post should contain a minimum of 250/nwords and response statement should contain a minimum of 100 words. They should be free of any spelling

and/or grammatical errors. Additional detailed guidelines will be provided on the Blackboard site. (QLLO 3, 4

and SALO 1, 2, 3)

Discussion Board # 1 (Sampling Methods & Sample Selection) Grading Rubric

• Systolic Blood Pressure (BP) measurements of patients before and after medication treatment

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Fasting blood sugar measurements of patients before and after medication treatment

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• Patients' Length of stay after heart bypass surgery in two hospitals

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Patients' Length of stay after hip replacement surgery in two hospitals

Participants' body weight before and after 3 months' of two different exercise programs

Ages of nurses in a critical access hospital and an acute care

hospital

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Students' Heart rate per min before and after 30 min aerobic workout in a college

Statistics Exam 1 grades of 2 classes taught by the same professor

Annual income of family/cases under Department of Child Services (DCS) in two local DCS offices