Statistical Research
An interesting topic to study would be the way geriatric patients are being treated in health care facilities. This is because as the elderly are getting closer to the end of their lives, many are starting to decline. Meaning that the elderly can become less verbal, making it harder for them to communicate and carry a conversation. Therefore, does this make it harder on the caregiver to provide the proper care? For an example, as the nurse taking care of an elderly patient that has stage 3 Alzheimer’s disease and can no longer make out words. Does that nurse provide the best care as they can or does he or she do whatever they can do to get by with that patient? This is important to know more about because as the elderly …show more content…
Surveys would be handed out to be filled out by the elderly patients who are 65 years and older. The survey would be based on the care that the patient received while being in the hospital. Also, it will include, if the patient felt as if their care they received was equal care as anyone else in the hospital. There will also be another survey for those who are family and caregivers. It will ask if the person feels as if the elderly in the nursing homes, and with late stages of Alzheimer’s, receive the same care as someone who does …show more content…
Therefore making this study insignificant, meaning that this sample is not representing the characteristics of the population and is not significant.
1 or 2-tailed test
In this study, a two-tailed test will be used, because of the indicators that there is a difference in either direction.
Descriptive Statistics that will be measured
The descriptive statistics that will be measured in this study will be the central tendency. The central tendency depends on the level of measurement of the data. This includes the nominal variables (mode), ordinal, interval or ratio (median), and then the mean.
Statistical tests applied
The most appropriate statistical test to be applied for this study would be the logistic regression. This is because there are multiple independent variables (elderly with Alzheimer’s and elderly without Alzheimer’s) and there is one dependent variable (treatment care of the elderly). Moreover, it helps to develop a prediction equation based on the research data that has been provided in the analysis.
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An interesting topic to study would be the way geriatric patients are being treated in health care facilities. This is because as the elderly are getting closer to the end of their lives, many are starting to decline. Meaning that the elderly can become less verbal, making it harder for them to communicate and carry a conversation. Therefore, does this make it harder on the caregiver to provide the proper care? For an example, as the nurse taking care of an elderly patient that has stage 3 Alzheimer’s disease and can no longer make out words. Does that nurse provide the best care as they can or does he or she do whatever they can do to get by with that patient? This is important to know more about because as the elderly …show more content…
Surveys would be handed out to be filled out by the elderly patients who are 65 years and older. The survey would be based on the care that the patient received while being in the hospital. Also, it will include, if the patient felt as if their care they received was equal care as anyone else in the hospital. There will also be another survey for those who are family and caregivers. It will ask if the person feels as if the elderly in the nursing homes, and with late stages of Alzheimer’s, receive the same care as someone who does …show more content…
Therefore making this study insignificant, meaning that this sample is not representing the characteristics of the population and is not significant.
1 or 2-tailed test
In this study, a two-tailed test will be used, because of the indicators that there is a difference in either direction.
Descriptive Statistics that will be measured
The descriptive statistics that will be measured in this study will be the central tendency. The central tendency depends on the level of measurement of the data. This includes the nominal variables (mode), ordinal, interval or ratio (median), and then the mean.
Statistical tests applied
The most appropriate statistical test to be applied for this study would be the logistic regression. This is because there are multiple independent variables (elderly with Alzheimer’s and elderly without Alzheimer’s) and there is one dependent variable (treatment care of the elderly). Moreover, it helps to develop a prediction equation based on the research data that has been provided in the analysis.
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