Mann–Whitney U

This hospital-based case-control study was conducted on 110 consecutively newly diagnosed LP patients and 120 apparently healthy, age and sex-matched, control subjects. The control group consisted of participants referred for non-inflammatory dermatological conditions such as chronic hair loss or coming with their relatives. They had no oral mucosal, systemic or autoimmune diseases, and had no history of LP. All subjects were recruited from the outpatient clinic of the Department of Dermatology,…

1. I used the phrase “school start times” in the University of North Florida’s OneSearch database to find this particular research study. I selected this research study, because it incorporates technology use into the school start time discussion. 2. Borlase, Gander, and Gibson (2013) stress the importance of sleep for teenagers. They often get less sleep than younger children, but need at least as much. Results from previous studies are shared, stating the importance of sleep during this time…

aspects were addressed in form of questions at the beginning of the survey to make sure that the researcher would be able to use a stratified sampling technique). The surveys’ data will then be analyzed through independent samples t-tests (or Mann Whitney U Tests) to inspect the significant difference between number of errors and L1, gender, age, and professional…

± standard deviation (SD) were calculated for clinical and radiographic parameters at baseline and 6 months. Following this, the data were subjected to statistical analysis using the Wilcoxon signed rank test for intragroup comparison and the Mann-Whitney U test for intergroup comparison. The level of significance was set at the probability value p ≤ 0.05. All calculations were performed using SPSS data analysis software (Ver.14.0; SPSS Inc.). Results Sixteen patients (6 males and 10 females,…

Quantitative Research Article Critique Appraising the research articles is a process involved in providing the best evidence-based practice to provide the best standards of nursing care for the patients (Elliott, 2001, p 555). The nurse must attempt an assessment and critical review of research studies, to check whether the research is valuable and of adequate quality to be connected to their practice (Fink, 2005). The purpose of this paper is to critique a quantitative study, “Effectiveness of…

using histogram, box plot, Shapiro-Wilk test etc. I decide whether parametric test or non-parametric test have to be applied based on certain underlying assumptions. Non parametric test incudes, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, Wald-Wolfowitz runs test, Mann-Whitney U test, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Kruskal-Wallis analysis of ranks and the Median test etc. while non parametric test includes, one sample t test, t test for testing means of 2 independent samples, t test for paired data, one way ANOVA and…

Mantelo Cecilio, H. P., Oliveira de Arruda, G., Ferraz Teston, E., Lima Santos, A., & Silva Marcon, S. (2015). Behaviors and comorbidities associated with microvascular complications in diabetes. Acta Paulista De Enfermagem, 28(2), 113-119 7p. doi:10.1590/1982-0194201500020 Mantel et.al (2015) conducted a study to investigate the behavioral factors, prevalence and comorbidities associated with microvascular complications among patients of diabetes mellitus. Cross- sectional study was done…

Estimating IQ: Comparing male and female predictions Introduction The idea of using an individual’s self-estimated IQ (SEI) to judge their humility has been used frequently, as asking people to guess their own humility would likely be as inaccurate as their IQ estimates. In the majority of studies performed, there has been a significant difference between male and female estimates, this could be due to females being too humble or males being more conceited. The area itself is an important…

Study design: Three independant groups (10 in each) listening to their choice of Indian music.Group 1 – Indo Jazz, Group 2 – Indian classical Instrument and Group 3 – violin.The experiment protocol for the study design was given Table 5.3 Table 5.3: Shows the experimental protocol Baseline 2 minutes Listening to the music of choice (Task 1) 3 minutes Rest 1 (Silence) 2 minutes Listening to choice of music and performing task (task 2) 3 minutes Rest 2 (Silence) 2 minutes Task only (Task 3)…

Title Definition Breast cancer is an uncontrollable production of breast cells (Julian, 2015). The two main types of breast cancer are invasive and non-invasive breast cancer (Julian, 2015). Non-invasive meaning cancerous cells reside in a certain region of the breast, while invasive refers to the potential of cells advancing to other body parts via bloodstream or lymph nodes (Julian, 2015). Patient Centered-Care of Patient with Breast Cancer Description and Background of Topic Breast cancer…