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A nurse manager wants to examine the relationship between age in years and the number of poor mental
health days that cancer patients report experiencing in the past month. Age in years, and the number of
poor mental health days in the past month is self-rated by the patient. Is there a significant relationship
between age and number of poor mental health days that cancer patients experience? Samples are randomly
selected.
Age (in yrs) 21 47 52 48 43 32 72 23 39 41 22
No. of poor mental
Health days 30 30 30 20 14 7 6 5 5 5 3

1. A study seeks to examine the relationship between physician-patient communication and patient satisfaction
with the physician. Physician-patient communication is measured on a scale from 1 to 16 (higher scores mean
better communication). Patient satisfaction is measured on a scale of 1to 5 (higher scores mean greater
satisfaction). Data from 36 patients interviewed after the primary care visits are shown in the table below.
Samples are randomly selected.
Physician Comm 11 12 12 12 13 16 10 10 10 10 11 11
Satisfaction with 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
Physician

Range of values Interpretation Coefficient of

Effect size
(r) Determination(r2)
±1.00 Perfect positive/negative 0.01-0.08 Small
0.91 to 0.99 Very high positive/negative 0.09-0.24 Medium
0.71 to 0.90 High positive/negative 0.25 and above Large
0.51 to 0.70 Moderately positive/negative

0.31 to 0.50 Low positive/negative

0.01 to 0.30 Negligible positive/negative
0.00 No correlation

1. A study was conducted to examine the effect of an herbal formula for insomnia. A group of 12 volunteers was
recruited and randomly assigned to to take care of either the herbal formula or a placebo. The following table lists
the hours of sleep that each person had on the night he or she took either the formula or placebo. Is there a
significant difference in the number of hours of sleep between the two groups at 0.01 LOS?
Placebo 3.8 5.2 6.7 3.7 4.3 2.1
Formula 4.6 6.2 3.9 5.2 4.4 4.1