Briefly describe the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics

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Please write a one page response to each following discussion question. (3pages total) I expect your response to reflect critical thought based on information from the textbook and from one additional source for each page. That is two references for each question. Whenever possible, try to relate the discussion question to your own experiences. Be sure to appropriately cite and list your references.
1. Discussion Question: Briefly describe the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics (textbook, page 5). Describe a research situation where either the descriptive or inferential category would be appropriate. (Week 2 Discussion: Chapter 1)
2. Discussion Question: Starting on page 22, your textbook talks about four types of measurement scales. If you were going to create a few survey questions, which measurement scale might you most likely use as the basis for your response choices? Why? (Week 3 Discussion: Chapter 2)
3. Discussion Question: Provide a general explanation of probability and give an example that highlights Marginal Probability, Conditional Probability (Week 4 Discussion: Chapter 3)
Kellar, S.P., Kelvin, E.A. (2013). Munro’s Statistical methods for health care research (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters, Kluwer/Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
ISBN: 978-1-4511-8794-6

Describe the reasons why the specialty has the potential to evolve.

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Nursing Specialty Evolution
1. Examine the current stage in the specialty’s evolution.
2. Describe the reasons why the specialty has the potential to evolve.
3. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages for the specialty as it is evolving to the advanced practice level.

Write an abstract of your Leadership Learning Experience in which you discuss the importance of professional collaboration for effective nursing leadership.

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Write an abstract of your Leadership Learning Experience (suggested length: 1 page) in which you discuss the importance of professional collaboration for effective nursing leadership.
Include the Leadership Learning Experience task as a sample of work that illustrates your knowledge and understanding of leadership concepts. This task will not be included here, but will be added to the Appendix at the end of the portfolio. Before you submit this information, make sure that you have received a passing score on each of the individual elements.
Also include an abstract of your Professional Roles and Values course (suggested length 1 page). Reflect on how your professional mission statement will help guide you throughout your nursing career.

Nursing Research Utilization Project: Sections E & F; Describe the methods for collecting outcome measure data and the rationale for using those methods.

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Nursing Research Utilization Project: Sections E & F
This section of the project have to be develop having the information of previous sections A, B,C and D, which will be submitted to you as attachments, but please some changes were made after the professor graded this sections and give new instructions. You will see the changes done in section D (implementation) because the professor wanted only the CL insertion checklist as a solution to be implemented. Thus I was obligated to remove the implementation of the educational program. Please be clear and focus that the solution implemented was the CL insertion checklist (read carefully my section D paper). All my section files are name "Maria" for your easy identification.
 
Nursing Research Utilization Project: Sections E & F
• Complete Section E: Evaluation Plan.
o Describe the methods to be used to evaluate the solution.
Outcome Measure:
• Develop or revise an outcome measure that evaluates the extent to which the project objective is achieved. A copy of the measure must be included in the appendix.
• Describe the ways in which the outcome measure is valid, reliable, sensitive to change, and appropriate for use in this proposed project.
Evaluation Data Collection:
 
• Describe the methods for collecting outcome measure data and the rationale for using those methods.
• Identify resources needed for evaluation.
• Discuss the feasibility of the evaluation plan.
• Identify two possible grant funding sources and why your proposal would be a good fit for these sources.
• Complete Section F: Decision Making.
o Describe the methods to be used to decide the future of the solution.
• Discuss methods and specific plans to maintain a successful project solution.
• Discuss methods and specific plans to extend a successful project solution.
• Discuss methods and specific plans to revise an unsuccessful project solution.
• Discuss methods and specific plans to terminate an unsuccessful solution.
• Describe specific plans for feedback in the work setting and for communicating the project and its results to professional groups external to the project.