NR439 Week 6 Discussion Latest 2020 March

NR439 RN Evidence-Based Practice

Week 6 Discussion

Data Analysis and Results

Purpose

This week's graded topics relate to the following Course Outcomes (COs).

CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (PO 4 & 8)

CO 5: Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice. (PO 7 & 8)

Discussion

Data analysis is key for discovering credible findings from implementing nursing studies. Discussion and conclusions can be made about the meaning of the findings from the data analysis.

Share what you learned about descriptive analysis (statistics), inferential analysis (statistics), and qualitative analysis of data; include something that you learned that was interesting to you and your thoughts on why data analysis is necessary for discovering credible findings for nursing.

Compare clinical significance and statistical significance; include which one is more meaningful to you when considering application of findings to nursing practice.