16 Jun What does the term Descriptive Statistics mean?
Order Instructions
This week’s content again focused on topics related to statistical analysis. Based on the information you reviewed over the past two weeks answer the following discussion prompts related to the case study:
1. What does the term Descriptive Statistics mean?
2. Identify which demographic and outcome data points in the case study a mean, range, and standard deviation will be calculated for. Provide a rationale for why this type of statistical analysis is appropriate for these data points. (Hint: this information is useful for your data analysis plan in NUR 704 or your related MSN courses).
3. Identify which demographic and outcome data points in the case study frequencies and percentages will be calculated for. Provide a rationale for why this type of statistical analysis is appropriate for these data points. (Hint: this information is useful for your data analysis plan in NUR 704 or related MSN courses).
4. Discuss one method the task force could use to analyze the collected outcome data (e.g. a group mean comparison of pre and post protocol values, a percent change, a t-test, etc). Include a rationale of why you chose this method. Also discuss any potential limitations of using this approach for data analysis. (Hint: you will be using this in your NUR 704 data evaluation plan or your related MSN courses).
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