Mod 3 SLP INTRODUCTION TO HYPOTHESIS TESTING

Module 3 – SLP INTRODUCTION TO HYPOTHESIS TESTING

Mod 3 SLP INTRODUCTION TO HYPOTHESIS TESTING

For the third component of the Session Long Project, write a (2-3 pages) paper in which you:

1. Develop a null hypothesis and an alternative hypothesis based on the data you have collected.
2. Discuss why you have chosen the hypotheses you developed above. Be sure to discuss the concept of null hypothesis in your response.

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SLP Assignment Expectations

Assessment and Grading: Your paper will be assessed based on the performance assessment rubric that is linked within the course. Review it before you begin working on the assignment.

After speaking with the family, Dr. Benjamin was approached by Lindsey and she explained what she believed had occurred. An incident report was written and in the rush was filed on the patient s chart instead of being sent to Risk Management. What Lindsey and Dr. Benjamin did not know is that one of Mr. Johnson s relatives, Larry Lincoln, had overheard their conversation.

A week later the patient s family contacted an attorney and a subpoena duces tecum was sent to the hospital for copies of Mr. Johnson s chart. Cynthia Myers, the release of information specialist, was on vacation, so Sandy Silvers, a second shift HIM clerk, received the request to retrieve the records, make copies, and prepare it for the lawyer s office. Since Sandy had only been working three months in the department, she had never seen an incident report before, and did not know where to file it. Since no supervisor was available, she filed it into the chart behind the Miscellaneous tab. Later that day, a copy of Mr. Johnson s chart was delivered to the lawyer s office