Outpatients (N = 36) with type 2 diabetes were referred back to the hospital because of the risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) (possible kidney failure). During their follow-up, some patients were diagnosed with advanced (or end-stage) CKD, requiring an extension of their stay in the hospital, while others were readmitted for further medical assessment. Throughout the study, mortality and hospitalization rates, as well as bio-chemical lab test results, were reported. In addition, the attached data slice contains additional demographic data about the patient group.

Question 1.             Write demographic and lifestyle summary with appropriate statistical tools of descriptive statistics that include Age (years), Gender, Level of deprivation [Townsend or socio-economical status SES], and Marital status.                                      (2 Points)

Question 2.             Write a statistical summary for patients’ health status that include Smoking status, Glucose level (mmol/L), C-reactive protein (CRP) (mg/L), Blood urea (mmol/L), Serum creatinine (μmol/L), and Albumin level (g/L).                                         (2 Points)

Question 3.             What is the appropriate statistical test to compare the means of Gender groups on the continuous variable Albumin Level? (2 Points)

Question 4.             Formulate a research question and the null hypothesis for test you identified in previous question. Also, state the possible alternative hypotheses. (2 Points)

Question 5.             What are the assumptions underlying the test you identified in Question-4? (1 Points)

Question 6.             Assume that a is set to 0.05 for a two-tailed test and the estimated p-value is 0.2388. What do you conclude?                                              (1 Point)