Statistical Analysis - Article Example

The type of statistical analysis to use in analyzing of data depends on the sample size, the research design used and also the sampling protocol adopted. In analysis of your data from the three researches, both descriptive and inferential statistics will be useful. Descriptive statistics should be used before inferential statistics. The data will be summarized through calculation of measures of central tendency such as mean and median. Range and standard deviation as measures of dispersion/ variation will also be calculated.

The data will also be tested for normality and organized into tables or in spreadsheets so as to identify the missing information. Normality testing of data will be critical as it will help you know whether to use non parametric analysis or to transform the data so as to use parametric analysis which are more robust. Descriptive statistics will only help in describing the data while inferential statistics will help your to draw conclusions from the collected data. Article: The Relationship of For-profit Hospices, Medicare Hospice Funding Cuts and Future Access to Hospice Care in the US.

Correlation analysis will be useful in analyzing your data from this study. It measures relationship between 2 or more variables. It is a powerful test and is used for data sets in which there is dependence eg demand for Hospice and its cost. It shows a predicted relationship which can be exploited in practice. Depending on the number groups that you have, you may also use student t-test if you have 2 groups and if the samples are small ie