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ROVE DAISHA ar
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Statistics for Nursing Res ar ar ar
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n Susan Grove Daisha
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,Thear questionsararearinarboldar followeda r byaranswers.
1. InarTablear1,aridentifyarthearlevelarofarmeasurementarforarthearcurrentartherapyarvariable.arProv
idearaarrationalearforaryouraranswer.
Answer:arThearcurrentartherapyarvariablearwasarmeasuredaratarthearnominalarlevel.arTheseardrugarcatego
riesa r werearprobablyardevelopedartoarbearexhaustivearforarthisarstudyarandarincludedarthearcategoriesarof
ardrugsarthearsubjectsarwerearreceiving.arHowever,arthearcategoriesararearnotarexclusive,arsincearpatientsa
rarearusuallyaron ar morea r thana r onea r categorya r ofa r thesea r drugsa r toa r managea r theira r healtha r probl
ems.a r Thea r currenta r therapiesararearnotarmeasuredaratarthearordinalarlevelarbecauseartheyarcannotarbearr
ankarordered,arsincearnoardrugarcategoryarcanarbearconsideredarmorearorarlessarbeneficialarthanaranotherar
drugarcategoryar(seearFigurear1ar-1;arGrovea r &arGray,ar2019).
2. Whata r isa r thea r modea r fora r thea r currenta r therapya r variablea r ina r thisa r study?a r Providea r
aa r rationalea r foraryouraranswer.
Answer:arThearmodearforarcurrentartherapyarwasarβarblocker.arAartotalarofar100ar(94%)arofarthearcardiaca
rpatientsarwerea r receivinga r thisa r categorya r ofa r drug,a r whicha r wasa r thea r mosta r commona r prescri
beda r druga r fora r thisarsample.
3. WhatarstatisticsarwerearconductedartoardescribearthearBMIarofarthearcardiacarpatientsarinarthisars
ample?arDiscussa r whethera r thesea r analysisa r techniquesa r werea r appropriatea r ora r inappro
priate.
Answer:arBMIarwasardescribeda r witharaarmeanarandarstandarda r deviationar(SD).arBMIarmeasurementarr
esulteda r inarratio-
levelardataa r witharcontinuousa r valuesaranda r anarabsolutea r zeroar(Stonea r &a r Frazier,ar2017).a r Ratioar
-
arlevelardataarshouldarbearanalyzedarwitharparametricarstatisticsarsucharasarthearmeanarandarSDar(Grovear
&arGray,ar2017;arKnapp,ar2017).
4. Researchersarusedarthearfollowingaritemartoarmeasurea r registereda r nurses’ar(RNs)arincomearinaraar
study:arWhatarcategoryaridentifiesa r yourarcurrentarincomea r asaranarRN?
a. Lessar thanar$50,000
b. $50,000a r toar59,999
c. $60,000ar toar69,999
d. $70,000a r toar80,000
e. $80,000a r orargreater
Whatarlevelarofarmeasurementa r isarthisa r incomea r variable?a r Doesa r thearincomea r variablearf
ollowarthearrulesa r outlineda r inarFigurea r 1-1?a r Providea r aarrationalea r foraryouraranswer.
Answer:arInarthisarexample,arthearincomearvariablearisarmeasuredaratarthearordinalarlevel.arThearincomear
catego-
arriesa r area r exhaustive,a r ranginga r froma r lessa r thanar$50,000a r toa r greatera r thanar$80,000.a r Thea r twoa
r open-ended
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STICS FOR NURSING RESE
ar ar ar
ARCH.A WORKBOOK FOR ar ar ar
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTI ar ar
CE 3RD EDITION(SUSAN G
ar ar ar
ROVE DAISHA ar
[Documentarsubtitle]
2022
[COMPANYarNAME]
[Companyaraddress]
,Solution Manual for ar ar
Statistics for Nursing Res ar ar ar
earch A Workbook for Evi
ar ar ar ar
dence-
Based Practice 3rd Editio
ar ar ar
n Susan Grove Daisha
ar ar ar
,Thear questionsararearinarboldar followeda r byaranswers.
1. InarTablear1,aridentifyarthearlevelarofarmeasurementarforarthearcurrentartherapyarvariable.arProv
idearaarrationalearforaryouraranswer.
Answer:arThearcurrentartherapyarvariablearwasarmeasuredaratarthearnominalarlevel.arTheseardrugarcatego
riesa r werearprobablyardevelopedartoarbearexhaustivearforarthisarstudyarandarincludedarthearcategoriesarof
ardrugsarthearsubjectsarwerearreceiving.arHowever,arthearcategoriesararearnotarexclusive,arsincearpatientsa
rarearusuallyaron ar morea r thana r onea r categorya r ofa r thesea r drugsa r toa r managea r theira r healtha r probl
ems.a r Thea r currenta r therapiesararearnotarmeasuredaratarthearordinalarlevelarbecauseartheyarcannotarbearr
ankarordered,arsincearnoardrugarcategoryarcanarbearconsideredarmorearorarlessarbeneficialarthanaranotherar
drugarcategoryar(seearFigurear1ar-1;arGrovea r &arGray,ar2019).
2. Whata r isa r thea r modea r fora r thea r currenta r therapya r variablea r ina r thisa r study?a r Providea r
aa r rationalea r foraryouraranswer.
Answer:arThearmodearforarcurrentartherapyarwasarβarblocker.arAartotalarofar100ar(94%)arofarthearcardiaca
rpatientsarwerea r receivinga r thisa r categorya r ofa r drug,a r whicha r wasa r thea r mosta r commona r prescri
beda r druga r fora r thisarsample.
3. WhatarstatisticsarwerearconductedartoardescribearthearBMIarofarthearcardiacarpatientsarinarthisars
ample?arDiscussa r whethera r thesea r analysisa r techniquesa r werea r appropriatea r ora r inappro
priate.
Answer:arBMIarwasardescribeda r witharaarmeanarandarstandarda r deviationar(SD).arBMIarmeasurementarr
esulteda r inarratio-
levelardataa r witharcontinuousa r valuesaranda r anarabsolutea r zeroar(Stonea r &a r Frazier,ar2017).a r Ratioar
-
arlevelardataarshouldarbearanalyzedarwitharparametricarstatisticsarsucharasarthearmeanarandarSDar(Grovear
&arGray,ar2017;arKnapp,ar2017).
4. Researchersarusedarthearfollowingaritemartoarmeasurea r registereda r nurses’ar(RNs)arincomearinaraar
study:arWhatarcategoryaridentifiesa r yourarcurrentarincomea r asaranarRN?
a. Lessar thanar$50,000
b. $50,000a r toar59,999
c. $60,000ar toar69,999
d. $70,000a r toar80,000
e. $80,000a r orargreater
Whatarlevelarofarmeasurementa r isarthisa r incomea r variable?a r Doesa r thearincomea r variablearf
ollowarthearrulesa r outlineda r inarFigurea r 1-1?a r Providea r aarrationalea r foraryouraranswer.
Answer:arInarthisarexample,arthearincomearvariablearisarmeasuredaratarthearordinalarlevel.arThearincomear
catego-
arriesa r area r exhaustive,a r ranginga r froma r lessa r thanar$50,000a r toa r greatera r thanar$80,000.a r Thea r twoa
r open-ended
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