In a study of elderly experience of nursing care given at home versus nursing ca
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Question
In a study of elderly experience of nursing care given at home versus nursing care given in a hospital, the following results are reported: ‘Participants preferred medical care at home (M = 56, SD = 1.34) to being cared for in a hospital (M = 48, SD = 1.23). The difference is noted as t(18) = 4.40, p < .05 with an effect size of r = .72.’ What does this mean in terms of the significance of the study?
Highly significant with a medium sized effect
Highly significant with a substantial effect size
Not significant with a medium sized effect
Not significant but a substantial effect size
Levene’s test tests whether:
Data are normally distributed.
The variances in different groups are equal.
The assumption of sphericity has been met.
Group means differ.
Explanation / Answer
What does this mean in terms of the significance of the study?
Highly significant with a medium sized effect
Levene’s test tests whether:
The variances in different groups are equal