Exam 16: Data Analysis: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

The nurse researcher is using a research study that involved categories of patient weights. The level of measurement that would be most appropriate in this study is what?

A nurse researcher would opt to use measures of central tendency in which case?

Which characteristic is an essential criterion for categorizing an object, event, or fact as nominal level data? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse researcher is interested in describing the assignment of numbers to objects or events. This is best achieved in which way?

Which term represents the most frequent score in a frequency distribution?

A nurse researcher would opt to use factor analysis in which case?

The nurse researcher is interested in using nominal level data. The object or event that could be used if nominal-level data are of primary interest is what?

The nurse researcher opts to use a measure of variability. Which measure of variability does the researcher recognize as being most unstable?

Which data measurement scales typically use nonparametric tests of significance? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse researcher opts to use interval-level data. The researcher's primary concern will be what?

Which statements regarding measures of central tendency are accurate? (Select all that apply.)

In a study of nurses' willingness to care for patients with a contagious disease, it was found that the greater the nurses' spirituality, the greater the willingness to provide care. This finding represents what?

The nurse researcher is using a nursing degree as a variable in a research study. The level of measurement most appropriate in this case is what?

The nurse researcher is interested in estimating how reliably data can be used to generalize the findings of a study. In order for this to occur, the researcher should use what?

The nurse researcher finds that the data include a score reported to be in the 75th percentile. The researcher interprets this to mean what?

The nurse researcher is using the percentage of nurses holding various nursing degrees as a variable in a research study. Which type of statistics is most appropriate in this case?

The nurse researcher opts to use ratio-level data. The researcher's primary concern will be what?

The nurse researcher is interested in describing and summarizing the characteristics of the sample used in the research study. In order for this to occur, the researcher should use what?

The nurse researcher is using respiratory rate as a variable in a research study. The level of measurement most appropriate in this case is what?

The alpha level that is interpreted by the nurse researcher as a highly statistically significant result is what?