Statistics

"To complete the descriptive table and answer the questions, you will need to perform some data analysis using either RStudio or Excel. Here's a general outline of the steps you can follow:

Load and Preprocess Data:

Load the FINAL EXAM dataset into RStudio or Excel.

Examine the structure of the dataset and identify the relevant variables for your analysis.

Clean and preprocess the data, handling missing values if necessary.

Calculate Descriptive Statistics:

Calculate descriptive statistics for hospital characteristics in 2011 and 2012. This can include mean, median, standard deviation, and other relevant statistics.

Calculate descriptive statistics for socio-economic variables in 2011 and 2012.

Identify Significant Differences:

A) In terms of hospital characteristics:

Perform statistical tests or visualizations (e.g., box plots, t-tests, ANOVA) to compare hospital characteristics in 2011 and 2012. Identify any statistically significant differences.

B) In terms of socio-economic variables:

Perform similar tests or visualizations to compare socio-economic variables in 2011 and 2012. Identify any statistically significant differences."