WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT: FREQUENCY AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

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WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT: FREQUENCY AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

Imagine that you have collected data from 100 patients. You have carefully compiled vitals, pain scores, and medications for each of the patients. However, what does all of this data mean? Is your work now done?

How do we make data meaningful? Why must we move beyond the raw data to ensure that data is purposeful?

Descriptive analysis is the analysis of the data to develop meaning. Descriptive analysis provides meaning through showing, describing, and summarizing the data compiled to “reveal characteristics of the sample and to describe study variables” (Gray & Grove, 2020). This allows the researcher to present data in a more meaningful and simplified way.

For this Assignment, summarize your interpretation of the descriptive statistics provided to you in the Week 4 Descriptive Statistics SPSS Output document. You will evaluate each variable in your analysis.

Reference: Gray, J. R., & Grove, S. K. (2020). Burns and Grove’s the practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (9th ed.). Elsevier.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.

Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCES

Required Readings

• Gray, J. R., & Grove, S. K. (2020). Burns and Grove’s the practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (9th ed.). Elsevier.

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o Chapter 21, “Introduction to Statistical Analysis” (pp. 635–651)

o Chapter 22, “Using Statistics to Describe Variables” (pp. 652–662)

o Chapter 26, “Interpreting Research Outcomes” (pp. 699–716)

• Gholami, S., Mojen, L. K., Rassouli, M., Pahlavanzade, B., & Farahani, A. S. (2020). The predictors of postoperative pain among children based on the theory of unpleasant symptoms: A descriptive-correlational studyLinks to an external site.. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 55, 141–146. doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2020.08.006

• Huang, J., Qi, H., Lv, K., Chen, X., Zhuang, Y., & Yang, L. (2020). Emergence delirium in elderly patients as a potential predictor of subsequent postoperative delirium: A descriptive correlational studyLinks to an external site.. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 35(5), 478–483. doi:10.1016/j.jopan.2019.11.009

• Document: Week 4 Descriptive Statistics SPSS Output Download Week 4 Descriptive Statistics SPSS Output(PDF)

• Document: CITI Program Learner Registration Guide Download CITI Program Learner Registration Guide(PDF)

TO PREPARE:

• Review the Week 4 Descriptive Statistics SPSS Output provided in this week’s Learning Resources.

• Review the Learning Resources on how to interpret descriptive statistics, including how to interpret research outcomes.

• Consider the results presented in the SPSS output and reflect on how you might interpret the frequency distributions and the descriptive statistics presented.

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