Reading
Houser, J. (2018). Nursing research: Reading, using, and creating evidence (4th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
• Chapter 11: Summarizing and Reporting Descriptive Data, pp. 289–319
• Chapter 13: Analysis and Reporting of Quantitative Data, pp. 352–379
• Chapter 15: Analyzing and Reporting Qualitative Results, pp. 419–441
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Data Results and Analysis
5This week’s graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcomes (COs).
• CO1 Examine the sources of evidence that contribute to professional nursing practice. (PO 7)
• CO2 Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (POs 4 and 8)
After the data are collected, it is time to analyze the results!
- Discuss one of the four basic rules for understanding results in a research study.
- Compare clinical significance and statistical significance. Which one is more meaningful when considering applying evidence to your practice?
- Compare descriptive statistics and inferential statistics in research. Please give an example of each type that could be collected in a study that would be done on your nursing clinical issue you identified in previous weeks.
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