Clinical Inquiry and Hypothesis Testing

Clinical Inquiry and Hypothesis Testing

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Clinical Inquiry and Hypothesis Testing

Objectives:

1. Evaluate hypothesis testing approaches and their application to health care.
2. Define dependent and independent variables and their role in hypothesis testing.
3. Describe evidence used to “reject “or “do not reject” the null hypothesis.
4. Evaluate the relationship between hypothesis testing and confidence intervals.

Study Materials

Applied Statistics for Health Care

Description:

Read Chapter 3 in Applied Statistics for Health Care.

The Visual Learner: Statistics

Description:

Refer to the “Visual Learner: Statistics” to learn more about the statistical calculations presented in this topic.

Chapter 6: Research Design

Description:

Read “Chapter 6: Research Design” and watch the associated videos, by Lane, from Online Statistics Education: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study.

Chapter 10: Estimation

Description:

Read “Chapter 10: Estimation” and watch the associated videos, by Lane, from Online Statistics Education: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study.

Chapter 11: Logic of Hypothesis Testing

Description:

Read “Chapter 11: Logic of Hypothesis Testing,” and watch the associated videos by Lane, from Online Statistics Education: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study.

Chapter 12: Test of Means

Description:

Read “Chapter 12: Test of Means” and watch the associated videos, by Lane, from Online Statistics Education: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study.

Patient Preference and Satisfaction in Hospital-at-Home and Usual Hospital Care for COPD Exacerbations: Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial
Description:

Review “Patient Preference and Satisfaction in Hospital-at-Home and Usual Hospital Care for COPD Exacerbations: Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial,” by Utens et al., from International Journal of Nursing Students(2013).

Review this article in conjunction with the “Article Analysis Example 2” document to help prepare for the article analysis assignment due in this topic.

Hypothesis Testing, Type I and Type II Errors

Description:

Read “Hypothesis Testing, Type I and Type II Errors,” by Banerjee, Chitnis, Jadhay, Bhawalkar, and Chaudhury, from
Industrial Psychiatry Journal (2009).

Probability, Clinical Decision Making and Hypothesis Testing

Description:

Read “Probability, Clinical Decision Making and Hypothesis Testing,” by Banerjee, Jadhave, and Bhawalker, from
Industrial Psychiatry Journal (2009).

Understanding Null Hypothesis Testing

Description:

Read “Understanding Null Hypothesis Testing,” by Jhangiani and Chiang, from the online eBook, Research Methods in Psychology(2013), available on the BC Campus Open Ed website.

The Difference Between Quality Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, and Research

Description:

Read “The Difference Between Quality Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, and Research,” by Ginex, from ONS Voice(2017), located on the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) website.

Identifying the Differences Between Quality Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, and Original Research
Description:

Read “Identifying the Differences Between Quality Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, and Original Research,” by Baker et al., from Journal of Emergency Nursing (2014).

Probability, Proof, and Clinical Significance

Description:

Read “Probability, Proof, and Clinical Significance,” by Skelly, from Evidence-Based Spine-Care Journal (2011).

Statistical Versus Clinical Significance in Nursing Research

Description:

Read “Statistical Versus Clinical Significance in Nursing Research,” by El-Masri, from Canadian Journal of Nursing Research (2016).

Article Analysis Example 2

Description:

Review this document in conjunction with the “Patient Preference and Satisfaction in Hospital-at-Home and Usual Hospital Care for COPD Exacerbations: Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial” article to help prepare for the article analysis assignment due in this topic.

Article Analysis 2

Description:

Use the “Article Analysis 2” template to complete the Article Analysis 2 assignment.