Summary of Recent Research

Topic 2: Summary of Recent Research

Chapter 12: Examining Cross-Tabulations: The Chi-Square and Associated Statistics.

• Go to the online library and find a recent (no older than 3 years) article reporting the results of a nursing or health research study in which a statistical procedure from Chapter 12 in your textbook is used for analysis (try using health research and chi square as search terms, or use the name of a different nonparametric test).

• Post the reference using APA format at the top of your response and then provide a BRIEF 1 paragraph summary of the study.

• Discuss why the nonparametric test was used. In order to do this, you will need to state:

• What was the Dependent Variable (DV) and at what level was it measured?

• What was the Independent Variable (IV) and at what level was it measured?

• You will then compare this to the type of data required and whether assumptions of the test were met.

• Your posting will conclude with whether or not the finding was statistically significant or not, and a brief discussion of what it means for the finding in the study to be statistically significant at the 0.05 level.