Understanding differences between the groups based upon the collected data often informs health care professionals towards research, treatment options, or patient education.
Using the data on the “National Cancer Institute Data” Excel spre adsheet, calculate the descriptive statistics indicated below for each of the Race/Ethnicity groups. Refer to your textbook and the topic Resources, as needed, for assistance in with creating Excel formulas.
Provide the following descriptive statistics:
Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, and Mode
Measures of Variation: Variance, Standard Deviation, and Range (a formula is not needed for Range).
Asian / Pacific
American Indian /
Islander
Alaska Native
(includes
(includes Hispanic)
Hispanic)
Year of Diagnosis
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Rate per 100,000
45.7
47.9
44.6
50
51.7
48.7
46.4
43.1
45
40.1
42.4
39.6
36.6
39.9
32
38.7
Black (includes
Hispanic)
Hispanic (any
race)
Rate per 100,000 Rate per 100,000
41.8
41
40.4
40.9
40.5
40.2
39.8
38.8
38.5
39
37
36.6
36.7
36.6
34
34.4
77.8
79
75.8
77.3
75.1
73.7
73.4
71.2
70.8
71.6
67.8
64.1
64.3
60.5
61.3
57.4
Rate per
100,000
34.2
34.1
34.1
34.5
35
33.8
32
32.7
32.2
31.8
30.3
29.4
28.2
28.8
26.8
26
White (includes
Hispanic)
Rate per 100,000
68.8
68.7
68
67.1
65.8
65.9
65.8
65.2
63.9
63.1
60.4
58.5
57.5
56.3
55.4
53.2
National Cancer Institute (2018) Lung and bronchus cancer. Retrieved from Janary 8, 2019
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