Describe a Study Sample 1. What demographic variables were measured at least at the interval level of measurement? Answer: The demographic variables that are measured at the interval level are: age, income, length of labor, return to work, and number of hours working per week. 2. What statistics were used to describe the length of labor in this study? Were these appropriate? Answer: The statistics used to describe the length of labor in this study were mean and standard deviation. These
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| | 1. What demographic variables were measured at least at the interval level of measurement? 2. What statistics were used to describe the length of labor in this study? Were these appropriate? 3. What other statistic could have been used to describe the length of labor? Provide a rationale for your answer. 4. Were the distributions of scores similar for the experimental and control groups for the length of labor? Provide a rationale for
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Name: CJ….. Class: Applied Statistics for Health Care Professionals…..Date: April 20 2014 1 Questions to be graded Exercise 11 1. What demographic variables were measured at least at the interval level of measurement? The Demographic Variable measured at the least level of measurement in this study was the participants’ age, income, length of labor, and hours of work per week. According to this week reading the interval level of measurement are from lowest to highest and have numerical
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the data they collected as though it were at what level of measurement? a) Nominal b) Ordinal c) Interval/ration d) Experimental The correct answer is: d)experimental. 2) What was the mean post test empowerment score for the control group? Answer: 97.12 3) Compare the mean baseline post test depression scores of the experimental group. Was this an expected findings? Provide a rational for your answer? Answer: The baseline score of the experimental group is 14.00. According to the data provided in
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Outcome Evaluation Omaha Street School measures several different outcomes for each student including measurements of knowledge, behavior, and attitude. Currently, the program measures knowledge by tracking grades, GPA, and standardized assessment scores for English and math. Additionally, the program measures behaviors by tracking attendance. Finally, the program measures attitude by assessing each student’s level of hope. The program is satisfied with the current measurement practices of knowledge
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Research Methods –STA630 VU Research Methods (STA630) Contents Lesson 1: INTRODUCTION, DEFINITION & VALUE OF RESEARCH ........................ 14 What is Research?................................................................................................................... 14 What is the value of Research? ............................................................................................... 14 Research helps in developing methodologies ......................................
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follower development and performance. Experimental group leaders received transformational leadership training, and control group leaders, eclectic leadership training. The sample included 54 military leaders, their 90 direct followers, and 724 indirect followers. Results indicated the leaders in the experimental group had a more positive impact on direct followers' development and on indirect followers' performance than did the leaders in the control group. Transformational
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why, and what are the implications of your beliefs for research methods in strategic management and organization science? If not, why not, and what are the implications of your beliefs for research methods in those areas? Lay out the components of the Runkel and McGrath (1972) Research Cycle and the Martin (1982) Garbage Can Model of the research process. What are the aims of either approach? What assumptions does each approach make? What basic themes does each approach emphasize? What kinds of constraints
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