MATH 225 Week 3 Lab Assignment; Review of Surveillance of Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water - United States, 2015-2020

MATH225 Week 3 Lab Assignment Name: ……….Instructor Name: Curtis Brown Please use this template to help answer the questions listed in the lab instructions. The “parts” below refer to the parts listed in the lab instructions. Type your answers and post your screenshots in the spaces given below. Then, save this document with your name and submit it inside the course room. Part 1. Read the assigned article. Please reach out to your instructor if you did not receive the assigned article for the term by Monday of Week 3. Title: Review of Surveillance of Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water — United States, 2015–2020 Author(s): Jasen M. Kunz, MPH1; Hannah Lawinger, MPH1; Shanna Miko, DNP1; Megan Gerdes, MPH2; Muhammad Thuneibat, MPH2; Elizabeth Hannapel, MPH3; Virginia A. Roberts, MSPH1 Summarize the assigned article in one paragraph. Make sure to quote and interpret at least one statistic.: 28 U.S. states reported 214 outbreaks associated with contaminated drinking water between 2015 and 2020, resulting in at least 2,140 illnesses, 563 hospitalizations, and 88 fatalities. A significant contributor was the Legionella bacterium, which caused 37% of all recorded infections, 98% of biofilm-related outbreaks, and the great majority of severe cases, including 98% of hospitalizations and 98% of fatalities. Enteric bacteria including Shigella, Campylobacter, and norovirus, on the other hand, caused 61% of illnesses but had far less severe consequences; just 2% of patients required hospitalization, and there were no recorded deaths. 2750820179303©2024 Chamberlain University ©2024 Chamberlain University 1 Part 2. Choose ONE Graph, Table or Chart from the article. Post a screenshot of ONE graph, chart or table from the assigned article (The article may have more than one chart/table/graph but you only choose one to analyze in this lab): 914400235729 Part 3. Analyze the article. Analysis (Answer the following questions thoroughly in complete sentences, referencing the graph, chart or table you selected from the article.) 2 ©2024 Chamberlain University What type of data does the graph, chart or table from your screenshot above display (Quantitative or Qualitative data)? Explain how you came to that conclusion. The graph "Number of reported drinking water-associated outbreak etiologies, by Legionella compared with all other etiologies (2007-2020)" shows quantitative data by displaying numerical values that indicate the number of reported outbreaks over time. The x-axis indicates the years (2007-2020), while the y-axis depicts the number of outbreaks, resulting in a numerical dataset. Furthermore, the comparison between Legionella outbreaks and all other etiologies uses measured statistics instead of descriptive categories, demonstrating that this is quantitative data. What type of graph, table or chart did you choose from your screenshot above display (bar graph, histogram, stem & leaf plot, etc.)? What characteristics make it this type (you should bring in material that you learned in the course)? The chosen visualization is a bar graph, which effectively represents the number of reported drinking water-associated outbreaks caused by Legionella in comparison to all other etiologies from 2007 to 2020. This type of graph is characterized by discrete rectangular bars that