TOPIC: SPSS Analysis between aging and factors involved including diabetes
The Data: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation's premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. Established in 1984 with 15 states, BRFSS now collects data in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories. BRFSS completes more than 400,000 adult interviews each year, making it the largest continuously conducted health survey system in the world.
By collecting behavioral health risk data at the state and local level, BRFSS has become a powerful tool for targeting and building health promotion activities. As a result, BRFSS users have increasingly demanded more data and asked for more questions on the survey. Currently, there is a wide sponsorship of the BRFSS survey, including most divisions in the CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; other CDC centers; and federal agencies, such as the Health Resources and Services Administration, Administration on Aging, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. In addition, countries eager to develop similar surveillance systems have requested technical assistance from BRFSS staff.
You will have access to a clean copy of Florida’s 2018 BRFSS dataset to complete this assignment. This is the actual dataset. Questions are related to health status, health care access, exercise, sleep, chronic health, oral health, tobacco use, alcohol use, immunizations, falls, seatbelt use, drinking and driving, cancer screening, HIV/AID, diabetes, among others. [All survey questions will be available for you to review.]
Download the Data and codebook:
BRFSS Dataset
BRFSS CodebookPreview the document
BRFSS QuestionnairePreview the document (Annotated to show variable names, but also can help you identify question/variable skip patterns)
BRFSS Websites
State of Florida: http://www.floridahealth.gov/statistics-and-data/survey-data/behavioral-risk-factor-surveillance-system/index.html (Links to an external site.)
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/ (Links to an external site.)
Other Data?
You may choose a dataset that is more focused on your area of interest, but you will need to discuss it with your instructors. However, your dataset must allow you to complete all of the components of this assignment.
SPSS Project Assignment: Analyzing Data
Your first task is to become comfortable with the dataset. Review the codebook and run some basic descriptive statistics on your data. Play with it, get comfortable with the data and reacquaint yourself with SPSS. It is important that you have an understanding of the data that is available to you so that you can develop research questions.
Once you are comfortable with SPSS and with the dataset, you are going to try your own hand at analysis! Review the dataset and select a problem of interest to you.
To complete this assignment, you must:
Determine the focus of your analysis.
Develop a clear hypothesis.
List your variables of interest.
Run appropriate descriptive statistics to provide an understanding of your sample (i.e. basic demographics) and appropriate testing to answer your questions.
Once you have completed this analysis, write a paper that summarizes your study. This paper should include the following (in this order):
Title page: This will include a title, an author list, contact information, word/tables/figures/reference counts. This is an examplePreview the document.
Abstract: You should be able to summarize your paper in under 250 words including the introduction, methods, results and conclusions. (Suggest write this component after the body of the paper is completed.)
Introduction and background: This should be a well written, concise statement of the current problem. You should introduce you topic and explain why this area of focus is important. Your statement should support the need for additional inquiry [hint: this is essentially a mini-literature review]. This format allows you to clearly present your research questions, your hypotheses, and your planned analysis for the paper at the end of the introduction.
This section should be approximately 1.5-2 pages.
Methods: You must include an overview of your methods. The reader should have a clear understanding of your dataset and the tests that you ran. This section should include the following pieces:
Description of your sample/the source of the data being used. This is the Who, When, Where, and How of your data. (Remember that you did not collect this data and you need to cite its source in your references.)
Describe the variables being used and their associated formats. Be explicit of what is being used as the Outcome or Dependent variable, what is being used as the Exposure or Independent variable, and what other variables are being used (relationships with the exposures or outcomes or general characteristics of the sample). This is the What of your data.
State what statistical methods/tests you will use and why. Also state what statistical software and the version number being used for the analysis.
Results: This section should have the following:
Sample: Describe the basic demographics of your sample [This should be in narrative form but you should use a table for summarizing all of your sample characteristics.] Be specific! All key demographic information for your sample should be presented.
Statistical Results: Present the results of your analysis. [Be sure to review the SPSS book for how to present your findings. This should appear similar to the findings found in the RESULTS section of a peer-reviewed paper.]
Discussion and Conclusions: Your discussion should be approximately 2 pages. A good discussion section has 3 main components:
Critically discuss and interpret what your findings mean and how they are important to our understanding of your issue. You should compare your findings back to the academic literature. Were there similarities or differences. Remember, you can suggest the possibility of an association, and suggest whether more studies should be conducted on this topic. You should include a discussion of why your findings matter to the field of public health.
Discuss the limitations of your analysis.
Discuss the plans for future research or analysis.
References: Use APA format for your reference list. Use of a reference manager is highly recommended.
Tables and Figures: Paste your Tables and Figures at the end of the document in the order that the paper references them. Here is an example table.Preview the document
Formatting:
Your paper should be in APA style--this includes references and table formats.
Use standard 12pt fonts (Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri), 1" margins, double-spacing throughout the body of the paper (abstract and tables should be single-spaced).
Limits: (Make sure your title page has been updated with the correct numbers)
Abstract--250 words
Body of paper--3000-4000 words
References--at least 8.
Tables and Figures--no more than 4. Additional SPSS syntax and outputs may be added as an appendix but should not be referenced in the body of the paper. However, do not include repetitious or unnecessary outputs.
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