Purpose

This week’s graded topics relate to the following Course Outcomes (COs).

• CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (PO 4 & 8)
• CO 5: Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice. (PO 7 & 8)

Discussion

Data analysis is key for discovering credible findings from implementing nursing studies. Discussion and conclusions can be made about the meaning of the findings from the data analysis.

• Share what you learned about descriptive analysis (statistics), inferential analysis (statistics), and qualitative analysis of data; include something that you learned that was interesting to you and your thoughts on why data analysis is necessary for discovering credible findings for nursing.
• Compare clinical significance and statistical significance; include which one is more meaningful to you when considering the application of findings to nursing practice.