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Exercise 9 Measures of Dispersion Range and Standard Deviation
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- MATH 302
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- American Military University
Exercise 9 Measures of Dispersion Range and Standard Deviation
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Exercise 91. What were the name and type of measurement method used to measure
Caring Practices in the Roch, Dubois, and Clarke (2014) study?
* Caring Nurse-Patient Interaction Short Scale, which included a 5-point Likert-
type scale that ranging from almost never to almost always, with the higher
scores indicating higher frequency of performing caring practices.
2. The data collected with the scale identified in Questions 1 were at what level
of measurement? Provide a rationale for your answer.
* Likert-type or frequency scales use fixed choice response formats and are
designed to measure attitudes or opinions (Bowling, 1997; Burns, & Grove,
1997). These ordinal scales measure levels of agreement/disagreement.
McLeod, S. (2008). Likert scale. Retrieved from
https://simplypsychology.org/likert-scale.html
3. What were the subscales included in the CNPISS used to measure RNs'
perceptions of their Caring Practices? Do these subscales seem relevant?
Document your answer.
* Clinical care, Relational care, & Comforting care: these subscale absolutely
seem relevant. Clinical care for the best patient outcome, relational care to
better understand our patients feelings, and comforting care to reassure our
patients that we genuinely care.
4. Which subscale for Caring Practices had the lowest mean? What does this
result indicate?
* Relational care had the lowest mean. This result indicates that the nurses
felt that they could have done better in this area.
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