Module 5 Quiz Nurs 5366Question 15 / 5 ptsA Family Nurse Practitioner believes that he has developed an intervention that canaccelerate weight loss in adults with Type II diabetes when administered with a healthydiet. He recruits 25 participants from a local church. He obtains each participant’sweight prior to beginning the intervention (of a walking program alternating withresistance training). After a month of the treatment, all of the participants are weighedagain. Which statistical test should the researcher select to determine the effect of hisintervention on weight loss?Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r)Independent samplest-testPairedt-testpage 570Question 25 / 5 ptsA nurse in a cardiovascular ICU developed an intervention that she believes can reducepatient time on the ventilator post-operatively. She recruits study participants from theoffices of cardiovascular surgeons. She randomizes the participants to two groups, atreatment group and a control group. She provides a novel teaching intervention alongwith a spirometer to each participant in the treatment group one week prior to theirsurgery. Participants in the control group received customary care. After eachparticipant’s surgery, the researcher records the number of hours that they are on theventilator post-operatively. Which statistical test should she select to determine theeffects of her intervention on time spent on ventilator post-operatively?Pairedt-testIndependent samplest-testPearson’s correlation coefficient (r)page 567Preview Mode
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