If a Nurse Involved in a Discussion with Colleagues Has

question 15

Multiple Choice

If a nurse involved in a discussion with colleagues has the goal of determining the clinical significance of a study's findings examines the concept of the study's odds ratio, which of the following is the nurse investigating?

• A) Risk of the outcome in the treated group compared to the risk in the control group
• B) Percentage reduction in risk in the treated group compared to the control group
• C) Odds of a patient requiring treatment over an extended period of time to prevent one adverse outcome
• D) Odds of an experimental patient suffering an event compared to a patient in the control group

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Definitions:

Two-Way Analysis

A statistical method used to examine the effects of two independent variables on a dependent variable, often to understand interactions between the two variables.

Categorical Variables

Variables that represent types or categories, allowing for classification of individuals or items into distinct groups.

Residual Variation

The variation in a dataset that is not explained by the model being used, essentially the difference between observed and predicted values.

Two-Way ANOVA

A statistical method employed to assess the impact of two categorical independent variables on a dependent variable that is continuous.