Process of Quantitative Data Analysis

Study Guide for Chapter 19
The first few pages of this chapter summarize the process flow for analyzing quantitative data. The process flow for encoding up to analyzing data has been recreated in the image below ADDIN CSL_CITATION { "citationItems" : [ { "id" : "ITEM-1", "itemData" : { "author" : [ { "dropping-particle" : "", "family" : "Polit", "given" : "D. F.", "non-dropping-particle" : "", "parse-names" : false, "suffix" : "" }, { "dropping-particle" : "", "family" : "Beck", "given" : "C. T.", "non-dropping-particle" : "", "parse-names" : false, "suffix" : "" } ], "chapter-number" : "19", "container-title" : "Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice", "edition" : "Laureate E", "id" : "ITEM-1", "issued" : { "date-parts" : [ [ "2012" ] ] }, "page" : "463-484", "publisher" : "Lippincott Williams & Wilkins", "publisher-place" : "Philadelphia, PA", "title" : "Processes of Quantitative Data Analysis and Interpretation", "type" : "chapter" }, "locator" : "464", "uris" : [ "/documents/?uuid=e14558b8-bcf4-419f-b81e-6bfcf021e091" ] } ], "mendeley" : { "formattedCitation" : "(Polit & Beck, 2012, p. 464)", "plainTextFormattedCitation" : "(Polit & Beck, 2012, p. 464)", "previouslyFormattedCitation" : "(Polit & Beck, 2012, p. 464)" }, "properties" : { "noteIndex" : 0 }, "schema" : "https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json" }(Polit & Beck, 2012, p. 464):
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It is important to note that while this process flow above enables the researcher to organize tasks in specific phases, data analysis is rarely linear, but will always begin with pre-analysis phase. This phase is probably the most important step because it ensures that nurse researchers are able to make the correct general...