Basic Research Statistics Assignment

Basic Research Statistics Assignment

Critique the study Functional Benefits of Tai Chi Training in Senior Housing Facilities. Describe how each of the following give meaning to the study.

• Descriptive and inferential statistics
• null and alternate hypotheses
• scales of measurement
• nominal data
• means and standard deviations
• correlation coefficients 
• shapes of distributions (see Figure 2)
• Chi square

Below are items that were not included in this study. Describe how the following might be used to add meaning to this research. 

• median and mode
• median and interquartile range
• t-tests

Finally, if you were the owner of a senior housing facility, what are some implications of this research for your facility? Explain.