Designing a Study

Topic 1: Designing a Study

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

1.     Create an example of a research question in an imaginary quantitative NURSING study you might design.

2.     Identify the independent and dependent variable, and state the research hypothesis for your study. The variables must be categorical variables.

3.     Select a nonparametric test from Chapter 12 that would effectively test this hypothesis.

4.     Describe how you can test the above hypothesis using that nonparametric test.