N298 – Statistical Method Applied in Nursing, 2nd Semester, AY 2014-2015 Worksheet 12

Worksheet 12 (Worksheet 12)

T Tests: Measuring the Differences between Group Means

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I. Familiarize yourselves with PSSP Open Source or IBM SPSS.
IBM SPSS
SPSS Tutorial: Paired Sample t test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVZi-62uTTg

SPSS Tutorial: Independent t test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0TMKRkpuNU

PSSP Open Source

Paired Sample t test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA66NvP-mrs

Independent t test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COsNrNo53bI

II. Run the data for paired t test using either PSSP Open Source or IBM SPSS
a. Please see excel file with file name Paired Ttest data inside data folder in
our course site
** The data contains pretest stress level scores and posttest stress level scores
after an intervention.

b. Run the data for paired t test using either PSSP Open Source or IBM SPSS
c. Interpret the computer output.
d. Write the output.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/672/06/

** You can refer to file name TTest and ANOVA_notesRCR

** Anwerkey will be posted at the end of the week (step by step procedure and
outputs)
III. Run the data for independent t test using either PSSP Open Source or IBM SPSS
a. Please see excel file with file name Independent_Test_data inside data folder
in our course site
**The data contains posttest stress level scores of experimental (1) and control
group (2) after an intervention
b. Run the data for paired t test using either PSSP Open Source or IBM SPSS
c. Interpret the computer output.
d. Write the output
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/672/06/

** You can refer to file name TTest and ANOVA_notesRCR

Rita Cui Ramos RN, MAN

N298 – Statistical Method Applied in Nursing, 2nd Semester, AY 2014-2015 Worksheet 12

** Anwerkey will be posted at the end of the week (step by step procedure and
outputs)

IV. Reading of published article using t test

Read the article of Karajan (2011) entitled “Nurses’ perceptions of online continuing
education”.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/11/86
Kindly pay attention to the section theoretical background of the study in
which this covers the five research questions.
1. What are the perception levels of nurses of online continuing education?

2. Are there any differences in perception of online continuing education

between nurses who use computers more frequently and nurses who use
computers less frequently?**

3. Is there any relationship between age and perception of online continuing

education?

4. Are there any differences between area groups (rural-urban) in terms of

perception on online continuing education? **

5. Are there any differences in terms of perception of online continuing

education between nurses who work in different setting?

Read the data analysis part.

Things to ponder :

 Can you identify the independent variable and dependent variable?

 Can you look at how level of perception of nurses were measured? Is it

nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio?

 Are the two research questions numbers 2 and 4 can be answered by t

test? What type of test? ( paired t test or independent t test _

Kindly post your answers to our discussion forum for Module 1

Rita Cui Ramos RN, MAN

N298 – Statistical Method Applied in Nursing, 2nd Semester, AY 2014-2015 Worksheet 12

Rita Cui Ramos RN, MAN