Course: Nursing Research (NURS 324)

Date: April 7, 2021

Academic Year: Spring 2020/2021

NURS 324 Assignment 3

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Student name ID
Njoud Alboshal 391230646
Maryam Alwehimed 391230512
Eman Alwehimed 391230510
Maryam Alghuwainem 391230584
Sharefa Alghuwainem 391230562
Wadha Al holibi 391230555
Setah Alrweshed 391230567
Fatimah alshawaf 391230655
Fatima algrash 391230508
Wasayf Alomayrin 391230556
Dear Students,

In your formulated groups, answer the below 5 questions related to data analysis. The assignment
worth 5% of the course grade. The team leader will submit the answer on behalf of the group.
Use a cover page with your names and information. Good luck

Question 1

1. A research about the effectiveness of a new anti-hypertensive drug on uncontrolled

hypertensive patients. Subjects were assigned to into two groups: experimental and
control.

Before administering the new drug to the experimental group. The researcher needs to assess
if there is a difference in hypertension measurement between experimental group and control
group?

Which statistical test will be used?

Group Patients’ Number Mean score of

Blood pressure
measurement
Control 50 150/100
Experimental 50 130/90
Your Answer: By using independent t-test due to two unrelated groups.

Level of measurement: Interval

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Question 2

2. A group of mothers and their adult daughters were enrolled in a study to rate each other’s
degree of emotional support. The aim was to assess if there is a difference between
mothers and their adult daughters on their mean score of emotional support.

Which statistical test will be used?

Group Number Mean score of emotional

Support
Mothers 80 33.9
Daughters 80 35.8

Your Answer: The paired t-test will be used due to two dependent related groups.

Level of measurement: Ordinal

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Question 3

3. To assess if there is a difference between nursing students and medical students in

passing communication course final exam. After the final exam, the researcher wants to
see if is there a difference between nursing and medical students in passing the
communication final exams?

Group Passed Failed

Nursing Students 50 20
Medical Students 60 23
Total 120 43

Your Answer: By Chi-squared test due to two unrelated groups. - Level of measurement:
ratio
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Question 4

4. To assess part time job among male and female university students. The researcher wants
to see if is there a difference between male and female university students’ part time
jobs?

Group Part time job No Part time Job

Male Students 500 265
Female Students 3 310
Total 503 575

Your Answer: Fisher•Exact test will used because there are two independent unrelated
groups .

Level of measurement:Nominal.

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Question 5

5. A research that assessed obesity among five colleges at KSAU-HA and found the mean
weight score among each college as follow:

College College of College of College of College of

Nursing Pharmacy Medicine Applied Health
Sciences
Weight mean 65.8 kg 80. 4 kg 60.9 kg 66.5 kg
score

How the researcher is going to assess weight mean score difference among the four
colleges?

Your Answer : By using ANOVA test because there are four independent groups .- Level of
measurement:Ratio
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