Question

1. Discuss what you would do with a research study’s finding that there was a significant difference(p< .05) between the mean client hospital readmission rate for those workers who used treatment A and those who used treatment B. How would you use the fact that Treatment A had a mean client readmission rate of 15% and treatment B had a mean client readmission rate of 17%? Or the fact that Treatment B requires 25% more staff that treatment A ? Justify your answer. Does statistical analysis help to make an ethical decision in this situation? Explain

Answer 1

Since the statistical analysis says that there is a significant difference between mean client hospital readmission for workers who used Treatment A and workers who used Treatment B that means the data provide sufficient evidence that the mean client readmission rate of 15% by Treatment A is far enough from the mean client readmission rate of 17% by Treatment B. The statistical analysis does not seem to help to make an ethical decision because we have 25% more staff for Treatment B than Treatment A that is a greater difference, therefore, the mean client readmission must be more than 17%.