NUR 028 (Nursing Research 2 - Lecture)

STUDENT ACTIVITY SHEET BS NURSING / THIRD YEAR

Session # 16

Materials:
LESSON TITLE: STATISTICAL TABLE Book, pen and notebook

Textbook:
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Barrientos-Tan, C. (2011). A Research Guide in
Upon completion of this lesson, the nursing student will be able to: Nursing Education: Building an Evidence-Based
Practice. Pasay City: Philippines, Visprint Inc.
1. Describe the parts of the statistical table.
2. Write a textual presentation based on a statistical
table. References:
Polit, Denise F. & Beck, Cheryl T. (2012). Nursing
research: Generating and assessing evidence for
nursing research (9th ed.), Philadelphia, PA: Wolters
Kluwer Health/ Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins.

LESSON REVIEW (5 minutes)

The instructor will open a box of rolled papers with your assigned numbers. The students whose numbers were picked by the instructor
will answer one of the following questions:
1. What is thematic analysis?
2. What are the six phases of reflexive thematic analysis?

MAIN LESSON (30 minutes)

Parts of the Statistical Table

1. Table number. Tables must be numbered consecutively for reference purposes. Table numbers are cited when presenting
the numerical value of the study.

2. Title. The title of each table states the variables or specific indicators of the study, from whom the data were gathered
and the manner of measuring the data.

3. Headnote. This is written below the title, usually enclosed in parenthesis. It explains data on the table that is not clear.

4. Stub. This contains the sub-head and the row labels. The sub heads tell what the stubs contain. Each row label describes
the data contained in that row.

5. Box head. The box head contains the master captions that describe the column captions and the column captions, in
turn, describes the sub-column captions.

6. Main body, field or text. This contains all the quantitative and qualitative information presented in the table in rows and
columns.

7. Footnote. The footnote appears immediately below the bottom line of the table. It explains, qualifies or clarifies items in
the table that are not understandable or are missing.

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 8. Textual presentation of tabular data. Information presented in tables is discussed in textual form. It appears after they have
been referred to in the text. Textual presentation may precede the table or table may be placed within the textual presentation.
Presentation must be clear, concise and explain relationships between and among the variable of the study.

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING (15 minutes)

Short Quiz. With the frequency data below, you are to compute for the mean/average and present all data in a statistical table followed
by a textual presentation. (10 points)

Given:
Table 5 is the religion of public health workers
Mormon- 374
Christian- 677
Muslim- 25 Iglesia
ni Kristo-9
Iglesia Philadelphia- 7

Table 5.

Textual Presentation:

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RATIONALIZATION ACTIVITY
The instructor will now rationalize the answers to the students and will encourage them to ask questions and to discuss among their
classmates.
ANSWERS:

Given:
Table 5 is the religion of public health workers
Mormon- 374
Christian- 677
Muslim- 25 Iglesia
ni Kristo-9
Iglesia Philadelphia- 7

Table 5.

Textual Presentation:

LESSON WRAP-UP (10 minutes)

You will now mark (encircle) the session you have finished today in the tracker below. This is simply a visual to help you track how
much work you have accomplished and how much work there is left to do.

You are done with the session! Let’s track your progress.

AL Strategy: Numbered Heads Together

As part of the review of the lesson given, the students will be grouped into 6. Students are assigned of a number so that each
team has numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6. The following question will be asked by the teacher:

How do nurses benefit from using statistical tables?

Students will discuss their answer in their respective group. After students discussed, the instructor calls out numbers.
The students standing are the speaker for their team.

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