A: A nurse manager at the local hospital recorded the number of admissions for the past three months, and the results are shown in admission.sav. Choose and compute measures of central tendency and variability. Report the most appropriate measures to describe the data in one paragraph as you might see written in a research report.
B: Falls.sav contains the number of falls from 52 nursing homes in Illinois over the past year. Choose and compute measures of central tendency and variability. Report the most appropriate measures to describe the data in one paragraph, as you might see written in a research report.
- Download the .sav file for each above (from the Unit 2 Resources section).
- Open the .sav file in JASP.
- Run the descriptive statistics for the variables within the file (mean, median, mode, range, count, percentages, etc., as appropriate).
- Write a one-paragraph summary of the results of your descriptive statistics, as would be seen in a research report.
- Add the tables generated by JASP into your document as an appendix. Textbook
Title: Statistics for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing with Premier Navigate Technology access
Edition: 3E
Author: Kim, Mallory, & Valerio
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9781284194678
Kim, M., Mallory, C., & Valerio, T. (2020). Statistics for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Resources for the class text are online at: http://www.jblearning.com
