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Tan, Toh, Yap, Jiao, & Wang (2018). 90-Day hospital readmission of patients in a geriatric acute care ward in Singapore. Clinical Nursing Research,29(3), 200-209, doi: 10.1177/1054773818801483.
4 levels of measurements that researchers use to collect data and analyze the data to answer their research questions. These levels include: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio. Using the article listed on your syllabus for this week,answer the following questions:
• Provide a brief overview (summary) of the study outlined in the journal article assigned.
• Using Table 1 from the article, identify which levels of data measurement were used in the study.
• Describe ways that information obtained from measurements on an nominal scale are different than measurements on a ratio scale?
• Identify which tables displayed descriptive data and which tables use inferential statistics.
• Explain why it is important to know the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics.
Provide your evaluation of the authors use of tables to display the study findings
