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Discussions for Applied Statistics for Healthcare Professionals

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  1. Select a research article. Provide an overview of the study and describe the strategy that was used to select the sample from the population. Evaluate the effectiveness of the sampling method selected. Provide support for your answer. Include the article title and permalink in your post.
  2. Using the research article selected for question 1, identify three key questions you will ask and answer when reading the research study and why these questions are important.
  3. Provide two different examples of how research uses hypothesis testing, and describe the criteria for rejecting the null hypothesis. Discuss why this is important in your practice and with patient interactions.
  4. Evaluate and provide examples of how hypothesis testing and confidence intervals are used together in health care research. Provide a workplace example (psychiatric nursing) that illustrates your ideas.
  5. Provide an example of experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental research and explain how each research type differs from the others.
  6. Describe the difference between research and quality improvement. Provide a workplace (psychiatric nursing) example where qualitative and quantitative research is applied and how it was used within your organization.
  7. Describe how epidemiological data influences changes in health practices. Provide an example and explain what data would be necessary to make a change in practice.
  8. Discuss ways your organization uses technology to gather patient and health care information, and how this information and data are used to direct patient care and outcomes.

Please answer the 8 questions above to its entirety. At least 150 words and AT LEAST 2 references for each question some questions may require more. make sure at least one reference for each question is peer-reviewed.

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