A Researcher Was Assessing Patient Healing Time When Using a New

question 2

Multiple Choice

A researcher was assessing patient healing time when using a new form of surgical dressing called MediDressX. He had a sample size of 48 and a p-value of 0.20. Does the researcher recommend that hospitals stop using this product?

• A) No, because the sample size is large and therefore the p-values are accurate.
• B) Yes, because statistical significance has nothing to do with sample size.
• C) No, because the sample size is small and p-values are easily affected by sample size.
• D) Yes, because the sample has low confidence levels.