Contrast The Experimental And Control Groups At Pre-test And Pretest

Data Analysis Descriptive statistics were presented by one table and two graphs. The figures presented means and standard deviations with the experimental and control groups. During the pre-test, both the experimental and control group scored equally. Figure 1 was the mean total HSRT scores for the experimental and control groups at pretest and posttest. Figure 2 was the mean deductive reasoning scores for experimental and control groups at pretest and posttest. Figure 3 was the mean analysis scores for experimental and control groups at pretest and posttest. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used in this study. The mean was used to depict the average HSRT scores on the pretest and the posttest. The mean was appropriate
The hypothesis is directly addressed. The findings state that the study demonstrates the expected increase in HSRT scores in the experimental group. The findings are not compared to what is mentioned in the literature review section of the study. The researcher states that this study is the first of its kind and offers quantitative research that was lacking in other studies mentioned in the literature review. Limitations were specifically mentioned in this study. Limitations in this study were the small sample size. Also there were limitations in the differences in clinical instructors and how that could affect how the students were critically thinking during simulation (Sullivan-Mann et al, 2009). Another limitation were the scenarios that could have been withheld from the control group. The control group could have received no simulation at all but because of the “do no harm” imperative, the control group could not be denied simulation scenarios (Sullivan-Mann et al, 2009). The researcher also noted generalizability in regards to the school that the study took students from, draws students from diverse backgrounds and in other nursing programs that could be