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Chapter 17- Inferential Statistics

Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence For Nursing practice 9th edition By Pilot

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Chapter 17- Inferential Statistics

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

1. What does inferential statistics permit the researcher to do?
  A) Generalize to a population based on data from a sample.
  B) Describe information from empirical observation.
  C) Interpret descriptive statistics.
  D) Reject the null hypothesis.

 

 

2. The nurse researcher is reading about the standard deviation of a sampling distribution. What is this called?
  A) Sampling error
  B) Standard error
  C) Variance
  D) Mean square

 

 

3. What is a major factor affecting standard error of the mean?
  A) Value of the score range
  B) Shape of the sampling distribution
  C) Sample size
  D) Value of the mean

 

 

4. What is a theoretical distribution of the means of an infinite number of samples drawn from a population called?
  A) Sampling error
  B) Sampling distribution of the mean
  C) Standard error of the mean
  D) Point estimation

 

 

5. Statistical inference consists of two approaches: estimating parameters and testing hypotheses. What is point estimation?
  A) Provides an estimate of a population parameter
  B) Provides a single descriptive value of the population estimate
  C) Provides the upper and lower limits of a range of values
  D) Provides the ability to make objective decisions about hypothesis validity

 

Answer Key

 

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. B

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