NSG 3301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Likert Scale, Statistical Inference, Descriptive Statistics
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Likert scale and the most used type of scale in nursing research. Another example is ranking people from heaviest to lightest. Exam question: which of the levels of measurement would be a likert scale?- ordinal. Inferential statistics: using sample data to make estimates about population. Example: you can tell how many people said their favorite color is purple, blue or red. Frequency distribution can be described in terms of : Bellcurve which can be positive or negative (look at diagrams on google to know what negative and positive bellcurve looks like. Exam question: if a research finidng is statiscally significant does this imply that the finding is clinically meaningful . Central tendency exam question: calculate the central tendency of the following and find the mode: 2 3 3 3 4 5 67 8 9. For best results in a study you want the mean and median to be the same.
