Assessment Description The purpose of this assignment is to explore the challenges associated with abstracting, normalizing, and reconciling clinical data from multiple disparate sources. In a 500-750 word paper address the following: How are data abstracted from clinical records? Describe the process of normalizing data. Describe the process of reconciling data. What are the challenges associated with using data from different sources?

PurposeDeveloping a framed outline (thesis and topic sentences) before you draft a full sentence outline will provide you with focus and guidance as you write your full sentence outline.DirectionsAfter you have completed your research and your Annotated Bibliography for your Argument Research Essay, use your thesis statement to create a topic sentence outline for your argument essay on fracking or offshore oil drilling. Review the readings, Argument (Links to an external site.) and Thesis Statements. (Links to an external site.)Check to make sure your thesis includes the subject/topic, your claim/stance about that subject/topic, and a list of supports/main ideas that you will use to prove that claim/stance. Check to make sure your list of supporting/main ideas in your thesis exhibits parallel (Links to an external site.) structure. Write potential topic sentences that support your thesis, and make sure the thesis and topic sentences have unity (Links to an external site.).Remember to use transitional words or phrases to connect ideas and to add coherence between topic sentences. The Sample Topic Sentence Outline below is an example of a topic sentence outline that shows parallelism, transitions, and unity. Like the annotated bibliography, this topic sentence outline discusses child beauty pageants. This topic sentence outline also shows you how to create a topic sentence idea into more than one body paragraph.Imagine you have A LOT to discuss about a child's self-image, the main idea presented in Topic Sentence 1 below. Rather than creating a paragraph that fills an entire page, consider dividing this information into more than one body paragraph.To create more than one body paragraph for this information, begin each sub-point paragraph with a transitional word or phrase to link it back to the previous paragraph and to connect the idea back to the topic sentence idea. For example, in Topic Sentence 1 below, note how the repeated phrase "self-image can change" links Sub-point Sentence A to Topic Sentence 1, and the repetition of Sub-point Sentence A's key term "attractiveness" is used in Sub-point Sentence B as a way to link B to A. Likewise, note how Sub-point Sentence C repeats several key concepts from the ideas that precede it: self-image, distortion, and overemphasis on beauty. This links Sub-point Sentence C to ideas shared in A and B, which in turn link ideas back to Topic Sentence 1. This sort of linking of ideas creates unity and coherence of ideas in an essay. Sample Topic Sentence OutlineThesis: Child beauty pageants should be banned because they distort a child’s self-image, put a child’s health at risk, and ruin a child’s formative years.Topic Sentence 1: When a child participates in beauty pageants, her self-image can change.Sub-point Sentence A: Self image can change when children learn that the only characteristic that is important is their attractiveness. Evidence: According to Marina M. Cartwright in her article titled "Child Beauty Pageant: What Are We Teaching Our Girls?" found in Psychology Today, young girls who retire from the pageant scene often struggle "with perfection, dieting, eating disorders and body image...." (1). Analysis: Young girls need to experience environments where they can think and act based on who they are so their self-image is founded on their whole being rather than solely on their outside appearance. Sub-point Sentence B: Instead of obsessing about their attractiveness, young people need to be taught to love what they see in the mirror each morning before they put on makeup and fake hair.Evidence:Analysis:Sub-point Sentence C: To prevent possible self-image distortion and overemphasis on beauty, some governments are banning beauty pageants.Evidence:Analysis: Topic Sentence 2: It is a shame that parents put the health of their children at risk because of a crown.Topic Sentence 3: Children need time to play, learn, and grow, and little of this is possible if they participate in the beauty pageant circuit.NOTE: The pattern for providing supporting ideas for each topic sentence is shown for topic sentence 1. When using this sample sentence outline to write an essay, each topic sentence may need more than a single body paragraph to provide adequate support. That means the essay that this sample topic sentence outline represents could have more than three body paragraphs.GradingThis activity is an ungraded assignment, but it is a crucial step to writing the full sentence outline for your Argument Research Essay, which is a graded assignment. The graded assignmentPurposeAfter completing your framed thesis/topic sentence outline, you will develop your outline into a full sentence outline that includes the supporting ideas. This assignment requires you to organize your thesis and supporting evidence to write a 3-4 page essay (plus a separate works cited page) on fracking or offshore drilling. Writing a thesis and sentence outline enables you to clarify and organize your thoughts, strengthen the structure of your argument, and cite your sources. This assignment also requires you to organize your sources into a proper MLA formatted works cited page. For a review of MLA formatting, integration of sources, and MLA documentation, return to the videos for MLA Basics in Student Resources in the main menu.DirectionsOpen this Outline Template for Research Argument Essay and use it as a template to create your sentence outline for your research paper on fracking or offshore drilling. (Remove direction sentences as you complete your sentence outline.)Review the thesis statement you created for the Annotated Bibliography assignment. Refine your thesis statement as needed. Make sure it includes your topic, a clear key argument (claim) and 2-4 focused main ideas that prove the argument.Using your thesis create a topic sentence for each main idea in your thesis. This creates unity (Links to an external site.) in your outline.Once you have unity between your thesis and topic sentences, develop each topic sentence idea using adequate supporting evidence from your research and explanation/analysis from your own thinking. Make sure your quotes are integrated as modeled in the quote sandwich (Links to an external site.).Remember, if you have a great deal to say about one main idea in your thesis, you might consider developing more than one paragraph for this main idea when you write your essay. So pay attention to the amount of evidence you have for each main idea as you develop your outline.Your outline and your essay should include in text citations to document evidence from all FIVE sources you used in your annotated bibliography. (You may use more sources if you like.) Finally, create a Works Cited (Links to an external site.) page based on the sources you researched and annotated. Your works cited must have the five required sources from your Annotated Bibliography, but without the annotations. (Note: if you use more sources, remember to include them in the works cited.)For the citations check punctuation marks, italics, and spacing in the MLA format. Each error will impact your grade. Refer to the MLA 8 Rules and Understanding Plagiarism materials in Student Resources or to the Purdue OWL's MLA Citation Guide (Links to an external site.) to determine proper citation style for your sources.Submit your sentence outline and corresponding works cited as a docx file. GradingThis assignment is worth 60 points towards your course grade. I will grade this assignment on how effectively your body points reflect the thesis, as well as how well you organize your points and develop them by integrating sources and providing explanation/analysis. I will also take into account the quality of the sources you cite and proper MLA style documentation. PreviousNext

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated. ANOVA In this discussion, you will evaluate a research question and determine how that question might best be analyzed.  To do this, you will need to identify the appropriate application of course specified statistical tests, examine assumptions and limitations of course specified statistical tests, and communicate in writing critiques of statistical tests. A researcher wishes to study the effect of a new drug on blood pressure.  Consider and discuss the following questions as you respond:  Would you recommend using a z-test, a t-test, or an ANOVA for the analysis?  Explain your answer. What would your choice of test depend on?  For the test you select, explain your design and your comparison groups.  Would the hypothesis be directional or non-directional?  Would the test be one-tailed or two-tailed?  What would be the null and what would be the alternative hypothesis?Guided Response: Review your classmates’ posts.  Respond to at least three of your classmates. Do you agree or disagree with the test selected by your peer?  How does the number of groups being compared affect the statistical analysis? What suggestions would you make for change or improvement?  Why would these suggestions potentially be more useful?