Mat_133_milestone_3_theDiscussion.docx Final Project: Introduction and Analysis MAT-13

Mat_133_milestone_3_theDiscussion.docx    Final Project: Introduction and Analysis  MAT-133 Intro to Statistical Analysis  Southern New Hampshire University  Introduction       In the study, œDoes Early-Life Misfortune Increase the Likelihood of Psychotropic Medication Use in Later Life? the researchers aim to prove the correlation between people who experience misfortunate conditions in early childhood are more susceptible to taking psychotropic medications later in life. The researchers Patricia Morton and Kenneth Ferraro believe the increased need for psychotropic medications in the U.S is due to the spike in mental illness. œBy 2030, mental illness will be the leading cause of disease they hope that by figuring out the œetiological pathways of mental health through research, the country may be able to derail the crisis. They put together a random sample of adults, men, and women aged 25-74, all English speaking and living in 48 different states. This diverse group of people all have dealt with some childhood misfortune. However, the range of childhood misfortune is vast, and the circumstance did not appear to be a determining factor in selection. However, they did make a point to group the types of misfortunate events into categories for their study. The researchers hypothesized that they expected to see a positive correlation between people who had childhood misfortunate events and them taking psychotropic medications later in life because evidence proves these events result in mental illness issues; therefore