Nursing 3340A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Scientific Modelling, Standard Deviation, Missing Data
8 Dec 2016
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A conceptual process of employing mathematical methods to solve problems, Represent the problem symbolically (numbers / symbols), Apply rules & procedures to analyze & solve, Use correct methods to validate (or invalidate) analyses, Evaluate arguments for erroneous or fallacious reasoning, detect limitations or misinterpretations of data and descriptives. It can: demonstrate a problem as numerically significant, examine patterns across many cases, provide readily available & unambiguous information. The dominant public perception of science is positivist (absolute truths, mechanistic, problem-solutions). Describe and reduce data into meaningful summaries: 2. Make predications or generalize about occurrences based on observations: 3. Identify associations, relationships, or differences between sets of observations. The process of quantifying uncertainty: the observation is the result of a real effect, not the result of chance. Population - all members of a particular group of interest. We study it to describe or explain the variance (difference) that occurs naturally or that we can create through manipulation.
