The statistic a nurse researcher should choose to use in a meta-analysis is what?
a. Survival curve
b. Odds ratio
c. Measure of central tendency
d. Measure of dispersion
ANS: B
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A Survival curve is a graph showing the probability that a patient survives in a given state for a specified time.
B Odds ratio is the statistic of choice for meta-analysis.
C Measure of central tendency refers to several statistics (e.g., mean), not reserved to meta-analysis.
D Measure of dispersion refers to several statistics (e.g., standard deviation), not reserved to meta-analysis.
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