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    The statistical data was treated to show the mean and the standard deviation (SD). Student t-test was then applied to examine the significance of the treatment of each group. No significance was observed when comparing the pretreatment mean values of the two groups showing high values in the stability indices and indicating all participants had balance problems. When comparing the mean and the SD each group pre and post treatment, both groups showed improvement (reduction in values) and statistically

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    ANOVA; ethnicity had a significant difference for the fairness dependent variable with a significance level of .036; the age ANOVA test showed that there were significant differences for shopping enjoyment at a significance level of .036 and price quality at .011. Through our Tukey test, we found the differences for age were from shopping enjoyment age selections “ages 22-35” and “ages 36-50”, both with a significance level of .045. The post hoc analysis also

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    trying to confirm their beliefs during an experiment. During these experiments, participants results varied between confirmatory and disconfirmatory. The Tukey HSD that was performed for the experiments showed some significance in certain areas. For instance, there was a statistical significance for the total number of guesses between rule one and rule three. More simply, in the first experiment the results showed participants used confirmatory method more for rule one than rule three. For the second experiment

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    was administered, and continues to have, a substantial residential component as part of its campus environment (more than two-thirds of freshmen lived on campus). Bivariate correlations and regression analysis were used to determine an overall statistical relationship between NSSE scores and the two outcomes of interest, time to graduation and GPA (Pedhauzer, 1997). As a follow up, multivariate analysis (MANOVA) was used to investigate differences in NSSE factor scores and scale items for students

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    Statistical Methods in Healthcare Assignment #7 15 points Answer the following questions in narrative format: 1. Discuss when it is appropriate to use the paired t-test and the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test. (2 points) The paired t-test is a parameter test that compares the means between two correlated pair groups. The paired t-test is used when two measures of the same interest are taken on the same participant at two different points in time. This participant is serving as

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    The recruitment of participants shall come from the University aged population, 18-26. This aged will be chosen because they are living in an environment with a prevalence of technological apparatuses, and they are more likely to be engaged in the pursuit of further education at a post-secondary institution. In light of this, we will seek to gain a representative sample of this population. With this is mind, we will seek to gain participants through traditional and contemporary advertising, this

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    According to Dynamic influences of culture on cooperation in the prisoner’s dilemma (2005) by Wong & Hong, cultural symbols affect people’s behavior in specific situational contexts. In order to substantiate this hypothesis, the authors used a three by two between-subjects method, with one hundred and seventy-one participants. In the study, the independent variable was icons, either from American, Chinese, or neutral backgrounds. Additionally, the three dependent variables studied were cooperation

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    natural burns, and a control, with no recent burns. I would likely be able to obtain water vapor, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen levels for land with recent prescribed burns from Manitou Experimental Forest. In order to have a chance to get statistical significance I

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    Additionally, the study did not include a treatment outcome measure that was checked for reliability, meaning there was not a list of numeric values to measure the reliability. The study also lacked a reliability measure, a test of statistical significance, and there was no percentage related to the follow-up. Though there were 20 miniature studies within this one, and it was mentioned that there were follow ups for a few of the interventions, there was not a number stated as to how many participants

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    the method tried is a Pressure ulcer prevention bundle. And this study is to evaluate the bundle compliance rate, and the effectiveness of implementation strategies with in the ICU. Background of the study Background of study including problem, significance to nursing, purpose, objective, and research questions is thorough with substantial relevant

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