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Hi Jenny I can no longer view the assignment tips video and exam brief. I'm not sure if it's been removed or I'm looking in the wrong place. Please could you let me know where it is? Thank you

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Hello, I was just wondering in reference to the second part of Question 3, can the effect size be less than 0.1 and so there was no effect?

Thank you

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Do we need to put all the graphs in all questions in our essay? And do we need to reference them e.g., Figure 1: Figure 2:

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If we copy and paste the graphs into our assignment to refer to and write a caption underneath it as advised would this caption go towards the word count?

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Hello,

please can you clarify what the effect size shows?

thank you

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Do our headings for the paragraphs (e.g., "Explanation for family member" "explanation for the MDT") count towards the word count?

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Hi Jenny

Where it asks us to discuss the results of the test, is this talking about the confidence intervals and effect size?

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In the assignment tips video, for question 1 you mention using PICO for the research question, however question 1 doesn't explicitly ask for a research question to be written: "What is the main explanatory factor and what are the two main outcome measures? Are there any other possible explanatory factors that may affect the outcome variables measured in the study? Describe the participants who took part in the study" should we be writing a research question here or is that just for the other questions which specifically ask us to do so?

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Hi Jenny, from looking at the Mann Whitney U test results I am right in saying that we need to calculate the effect size ourselves? Thank you

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do we need to describe the data in the second part of question 3 (the NPar, Mann whitney and test statistics) or are we just commenting on why the mann-whitney is used and no description of the data given to us?

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Hi Jenny are we submitting both the statistics and the EBP assignments together as one document please.

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Do we write a research question + hypotheses for question 2 and 3 seperately or would it be the same for both questions?

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Hi Jenny

You know how we're supposed to write up our answers in the style of a report finding, do you have any resources that we can use to help us with this?

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I am slightly confused about q4 ...

are we explaining the results to the family as if their loved one was part of the study or as a general explanation in which we can assume they are experiencing a level of swallowing difficulty and therefore benefit from knowing the results of the research?

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Are we explaining the results to a family member like their loved one has been a participant in the research or as a general comment regarding symptoms they may present with and why the research is relevant?

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Is the purpose of question 4 to enlighten family member/MDT of the results of the research? is that what the questions asking ?

thank you

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Hi Jenny under week 4 you have written that for Question 3 you need to also report an effect size, however I can't see in the question where it asks for that?

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Can results regarding significance on a test of normality and a non-parametric test conflict e.g. a test of normality showing significance and a non-parametric test showing no significance?

I am slightly confused as it changes the whole outcome of the results

thank you

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Hi Jenny, if shapiro wilk test suggests data is not normally distributed (p<0.05) can we still run a t test ?

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do we need to work out anything else for question 2? such as the mode or median

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I am unsure if this is something you can tell us, if it is not, then please don’t worry. In order to work out how far way the SD is away from the mean, do we do the mean minus the SD? In order to work out if the data are normally distributed?

Thank you

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Hi Jenny I am a little bit confused after watching next weeks videos as to what the p value is?

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Where can we find the mark scheme for this assignment?

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When talking about other explanatory factors, should we just list them or give a bit of an explanation too?

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what does the volume of a swallow mean?

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For the other explanatory factors in Question 1, my justifications sound like something that would require references, however, these are things I've learnt at A-Level and in the lectures over the past two years. So would it be required to put references/in-text citations in?

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For Q2 and Q3 is there any guidance on how many words we should do for the first and seconds sections? Is it expected to be around the same amount of words for each part of the Q?

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Should our answers for Q1,2 and 3 be in assignment style paragraphs or bullet points?

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hi in question 2 it mentions to include the research question; I can't seem to find the research question in the information provided.

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Hi Jenny I'm really sorry I cannot attend the drop in session on Friday so I'm asking here instead hope that's okay! I'm still confused re: standard deviations and how we know whether this shows whether the data is normally distributed or has a reasonable amount of variability?

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Do we need to refer to literature at all throughout the stats assignment?

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Are explanatory factors the same as confounding variables? (just in reference to the other question on the padlet as question 1 asks for other explanatory factors). thanks!

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When is the assignment due?

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Are the papers just 1 study e.g. a RCT and we need to find evidence (i.e. systematic reviews or guidelines) that relates to them to see whether the intervention is practical or not?

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Should we include references for question 1? e.g. when including other confounding variables that may affect the outcome measures?