Research Project - Read and summarize a statistical article on nursing

Overview

Statistics is prevalent everywhere, and we see the use of statistics in the nursing field as well. One reason it is important for us to understand statistics is so we can determine the validity of clinical studies, or other experiments done that may impact our jobs, procedures, and health of our patients.

Instructions

For this project, please search for an article in nursing that involves some level of statistical analysis. Here is what is expected:

1. Select your article, provide a link so your article can be accessed .
2. Read the article and provide a summary of the article and any research done.
3. Look at the statistics used in the article. What was the research question (hypothesis)? What parameter would be of interest in this study (population mean, population proportion, population standard deviation, etc.) What was the statistical test run in analysis? (Did they run a regression analysis,

Please search for an article in nursing that involves some level of statistical analysis.

What was the research question (hypothesis)?

What parameter would interest this study (population mean, population proportion, population standard deviation, etc.)

What was the statistical test run in analysis? (Did they run a regression analysis, Z-test, T-test, ANOVA, etc.)

Identify any other statistical information that you feel is relevant.

Write one paragraph on why you feel that this topic is important for the nursing profession. How would a nurse find this information useful?