Nursing Research Review 2022

A research studied the association between social support and self-esteem among elderly population and found the p-value of 0.03. The level of significance was set as 0.05. The conclusion of this research would be:

• Reject Null Hypothesis

• Accept Null hypothesis

• Fail to reject null hypothesis

• None of the above

A researcher is interested to know the mean difference in weight of children studying in public and private schools. She randomly selected children from both schools. This is an example of:

• Simple random sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Cluster sampling

• Systematic sampling

A p-value of less than 0.01 for level of significance of 5% will have conclusion of failing to reject the null hypothesis. Is this statement true or false?

A p-value of 0.5 at level of significance of 5% leads to failing to rejecting the null hypothesis. Is it true or false?

In order to determine the association between ethnic groups and the incidence of Coronary Heart Diseases (Yes vs. No) which one of the statistical methods is appropriate?

• ANOVA

• T-test for two independent samples

• T-test for two independent samples

• Chi-square test of independence