Multiple Regression in Nursing

Assignment 3: Multiple Regression in Nursing Research

You will begin this project by making use of technology and information resources to find an article in a nursing, medical, or science journal that makes use of multiple regression in the analysis. This will be your “target article”. You will be asked to provide an APA reference for the article and a Web link to the article (if available). In the interests of keeping this project manageable, you don’t need to consider any other sources other than your target article and the textbook. However, if you do make use of any additional sources, you must cite them using APA format.

Address each of the following nine (8) items. Each item is worth twenty (20) points, except for Item 8 which is worth twenty-four (24) points:

Identify the target article.
In your target article, what is/are the research question(s)/study aims? What is the hypothesis under consideration?
From your target article, identify the independent variables and their levels of measurement. Explain how they were measured. How were the measures selected? How was the data collected?
From your target article, identify the dependent variables and their level. Explain how they were measured.
What type of sampling method was used in the study? Is it appropriate to the aims of the study? Explain your answer.
Explain the process that the authors used for regression model selection. How does it relate to what is covered in the textbook about regression model selection?
What are the results of the multiple regression analysis? What do the authors conclude from it?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the study? Did the authors identify any study limitations? End with a paragraph regarding whether you believe we can trust the results of the study and whether you would be comfortable implementing a change in your healthcare delivery setting, based on the findings from this study. Include your thoughts and critique of the study design and methods, including: sampling strategies, measurement approaches, and statistical analysis.
Use APA format for in-text citations throughout the assignment and then include a reference page as the last item in the assignment. Include your target article and your textbook as well as any other references you have used. Multiple Regression in Nursing

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Correctly interpret and use the results of non-parametric tests and statistics for categorical data.
Recognize and avoid common pitfalls in the use of statistics.
Review various statistical analysis and data management software programs.
Analyze the impact of various study designs on the statistical methods used for analysis.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in statistical concepts for healthcare.
Write clearly and concisely about statistical concepts for healthcare using proper writing mechanics.

RUBRIC:

Points: 200	Assignment 3: Multiple Regression in Nursing Research
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 60% F	Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Identify the target article. Weight: 11%	Did not submit or incorrectly identified the target article.	Insufficiently identified the target article.	Partially identified the target article.	Satisfactorily identified the target article.	Thoroughly identified the target article.
2. In your target article, what is/are the research question(s)/study aims? What is the hypothesis under consideration? Weight: 11%	Did not submit or incorrectly explained the research question(s)/ study aims. Did not submit or incorrectly explained what the hypothesis under consideration is.	Insufficiently explained the research question(s)/ study aims. Explained insufficiently what the hypothesis under consideration is. Multiple Regression in Nursing	Partially explained the research question(s)/ study aims. Partially explained what the hypothesis under consideration is.	Satisfactorily explained the research question(s)/ study aims. Satisfactorily explained what the hypothesis under consideration is.	Thoroughly explained the research question(s)/ study aims. Thoroughly explained what the hypothesis under consideration is. Multiple Regression in Nursing
3. From your target article, identify the independent variables and their levels of measurement. Explain how they were measured. How were the measures selected? How was the data collected? Weight: 11%	Did not submit or incorrectly Identified the independent variables and their level and / or incorrectly explained how they were measured. Did not submit or incorrectly explained how they were measured. Did not submit or incorrectly explained how the measures were selected. Did not submit or incorrectly explained how the data was collected.	Insufficiently Identified the independent variables and their level and / or insufficiently explained how they were measured. Insufficiently explained how they were measured. Insufficiently explained how the measures were selected. Insufficiently explained how the data was collected. Multiple Regression in Nursing	Partially Identified the independent variables and their level and partially explained how they were measured. Partially explained how they were measured. Partially explained how the measures were selected. Partially explained how the data was collected.	Satisfactorily Identified the independent variables and their level and satisfactorily explained how they were measured. Satisfactorily explained how they were measured. Satisfactorily explained how the measures were selected. Satisfactorily explained how the data was collected.	Thoroughly Identified the independent variables and their level and thoroughly explained how they were measured. Thoroughly explained how they were measured. Thoroughly explained how the measures were selected. Thoroughly explained how the data was collected. Multiple Regression in Nursing
4. Identified the dependent variables and their level and explained how they were measured. Weight: 11%	Did not submit or incorrectly identified the dependent variables and their level and /or incorrectly explained how they were measured.	Insufficiently identified the dependent variables and their level and / or insufficiently explained how they were measured. Multiple Regression in Nursing	Partially identified the dependent variables and their level and / or partially explained how they were measured.	Satisfactorily identified the dependent variables and their level and satisfactorily explained how they were measured.	Thoroughly identified the dependent variables and their level and thoroughly explained how they were measured. Multiple Regression in Nursing
5. Identified the sampling methods and noted their appropriateness to the aims of the study. Weight: 11%	Did not submit or incorrectly identified the sampling methods and / or incorrectly noted their appropriateness to the aims of the study.	Insufficiently identified the sampling methods and / or insufficiently noted their appropriateness to the aims of the study. Multiple Regression in Nursing	Partially identified the sampling methods and / or partially noted their appropriateness to the aims of the study.	Satisfactorily identified the sampling methods and satisfactorily noted their appropriateness to the aims of the study.	Thoroughly identified the sampling methods and noted their appropriateness to the aims of the study. Multiple Regression in Nursing
6. Explained the process that the authors used for model selection and related it to the textbook. Weight: 11%	Did not submit or incorrectly explained the process that the authors used for model selection and / or incorrectly related it to the textbook. Multiple Regression in Nursing	Insufficiently explained the process that the authors used for model selection and / or insufficiently related it to the textbook.	Partially explained the process that the authors used for model selection and / or partially related it to the textbook. Multiple Regression in Nursing	Satisfactorily explained the process that the authors used for model selection and satisfactorily related it to the textbook.	Thoroughly explained the process that the authors used for model selection and related it to the textbook.
7. Described the results of the multiple regression analysis and what the authors concluded. Weight: 11%	Did not submit or incorrectly described the results of the multiple regression analysis and / or what the authors concluded.	Insufficiently escribed the results of the multiple regression analysis and what the authors concluded. Multiple Regression in Nursing	Partially described the results of the multiple regression analysis and what the authors concluded.	Satisfactorily described the results of the multiple regression analysis and what the authors concluded.	Thoroughly described the results of the multiple regression analysis and what the authors concluded. Multiple Regression in Nursing
8. Discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the study. Did the authors identify any study limitations? End with a paragraph regarding whether you believe we can trust the results of the study and whether you would be comfortable implementing a change in your healthcare delivery setting, based on the findings from this study. Include your thoughts and critique of the study design and methods, including: sampling strategies, measurement approaches, and statistical analysis. Weight: 12%	Did not submit or incorrectly discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the study. Did not submit or incorrectly explained whether the authors identified any study limitations. Did not submit or incorrectly created a paragraph regarding whether you believed we can trust the results of the study and whether you would be comfortable implementing a change in your healthcare delivery setting, based on the findings from this study. Did not submit or incorrectly included your thoughts and critique of the study design and methods, including: sampling strategies, measurement approaches, and statistical analysis. Multiple Regression in Nursing	Insufficiently discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the study. Insufficiently explained whether the authors identified any study limitations. Insufficiently created a paragraph regarding whether you believed we can trust the results of the study and whether you would be comfortable implementing a change in your healthcare delivery setting, based on the findings from this study. Insufficiently included your thoughts and critique of the study design and methods, including: sampling strategies, measurement approaches, and statistical analysis.	Partially discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the study. Partially explained whether the authors identified any study limitations. Partially created a paragraph regarding whether you believed we can trust the results of the study and whether you would be comfortable implementing a change in your healthcare delivery setting, based on the findings from this study. Partially included your thoughts and critique of the study design and methods, including: sampling strategies, measurement approaches, and statistical analysis.	Satisfactorily discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the study. Satisfactorily explained whether the authors identified any study limitations. Satisfactorily created a paragraph regarding whether you believed we can trust the results of the study and whether you would be comfortable implementing a change in your healthcare delivery setting, based on the findings from this study. Satisfactorily included your thoughts and critique of the study design and methods, including: sampling strategies, measurement approaches, and statistical analysis.	Thoroughly discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the study. Thoroughly explained whether the authors identified any study limitations. Thoroughly created a paragraph regarding whether you believed we can trust the results of the study and whether you would be comfortable implementing a change in your healthcare delivery setting, based on the findings from this study. Thoroughly included your thoughts and critique of the study design and methods, including: sampling strategies, measurement approaches, and statistical analysis.
9. Used APA in-text citations in the body of the paper and provided an APA reference section at the end. Weight: 11%	Did not submit or did not use APA in-text citations in the body of the paper and / or omitted an APA reference section at the end.	Used insufficiently correct APA in-text citations in the body of the paper and provided an insufficiently correct APA reference section at the end.	Used partially correct APA in-text citations in the body of the paper and /or provided a partially correct APA reference section at the end. Multiple Regression in Nursing	Used mostly correct APA in-text citations in the body of the paper and provided a mostly correct APA reference section at the end.	Correctly and completely used APA in-text citations in the body of the paper and provided an APA reference section at the end.

Multiple Regression in Nursing