. Which inferential statistics would you choose for the following sets of variables? Explain your answers (refer to Figure 17.5 on page 384 in Polit & Beck).
A. Variable 1 represents the weights of 100 patients; variable 2 is the patients’ resting heart rate.
a. The inferential statistics utilized in this analysis is the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, the nonparametric two-group study involves two measurable (paired scores) one being the patients weight and the other resting heart rate, these pairing then can be ranked.
B. Variable 1 is the patients’ marital status; variable 2 is the patients’ level of preoperative stress on a 10-item scale
a) The inferential statistics utilized in this analysis is the Pearson’s
A. Variable 1 represents the weights of 100 patients; variable 2 is the patients’ resting heart rate.
a. The inferential statistics utilized in this analysis is the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, the nonparametric two-group study involves two measurable (paired scores) one being the patients weight and the other resting heart rate, these pairing then can be ranked.
B. Variable 1 is the patients’ marital status; variable 2 is the patients’ level of preoperative stress on a 10-item scale
a) The inferential statistics utilized in this analysis is the Pearson’s