HLT 362V Full Course of DQs, Assignments, Quiz and Participations (Bundle)

Discuss the historical application of statistics in the field of health care. Describe an example, other than FlorenceNightingale's contributions, where statistical application has greatly influenced or changed health care operations or practice.

Discuss why it is important for a person working in health care to understand statistical concepts. Provide an example ofhow statistical data is used in your organization or specialty area today and what you are expected to do with thisinformation as a practitioner.

HLT 362V Topic 1 Participation

1. Question:If a study is comparing a number of falls by age, age is considered what type of variable? 2. Question:Validity is: 3. Question:Data is defined as: 4. Question:External and internal influences within a study that can affect the validity and reliability of outcomes is called: 5. Ques...

1. Question:When a researcher uses a random sample of 400 to make conclusions about a larger population, this is an example of: 2. Question:If a study is comparing number of falls by age, age is considered what type of variable? 3. Question:Validity is: 4. Question:Data is defined as: 5. Questio...

The interpretation of research in health care is essential to decision making. By understanding research, health care providers can identify risk factors, trends, outcomes for treatment, health care costs and best practices. To be effective in evaluating and interpreting research, the reader must ...

Select a research article, other than the articles from your assignments, from the GCU library. Provide an overview of the study and describe the strategy that was used to select the sample from the population. Evaluate the effectiveness of the sampling method selected. Provide support for your answ...

Using the research article selected for DQ 1, identify three key questions you will ask and answer when reading the research study and why these questions are important. When responding to peers, provide other questions and answers that could be considered in relation to the peers' studies.

HLT 362V Topic 2 Participation

Search the GCU Library and find two new health care articles that use quantitative research. Do not use articles from a previous assignment, or articles that appear in the Topic Materials or textbook. Complete an article analysis for each using the "Article Analysis: Part 2" template. Refer to th...

Provide two different examples of how research uses hypothesis testing, and describe the criteria for rejecting the nullhypothesis. Discuss why this is important in your practice and with patient interactions.

Evaluate and provide examples of how hypothesis testing and confidence intervals are used together in health care research. Provide a workplace example that illustrates your ideas.

HLT 362V Topic 3 Participation

1. Question:If you are conducting a study on the impacts of diet and exercise on high blood pressure and you take a proportional sample based upon race/ethnicity, this would be an example of: 2. Question:If a researcher does not select the appropriate level of significance (alpha) based upon prior ...