In particular, I want to understand if a difference exists between family care giving and contract employee care giving with respect to the quality of care received by the patient.
I am interested in studying the quality of care received by elderly patients.
In particular, I want to understand if a difference exists between family care giving and contract employee care giving with respect to the quality of care received by the patient.
I have determined my null hypothesis to be:
H0 – there is no statistical difference in the quality of care to elderly patients between familial care and employee care
I have determined my alternative hypothesis to be:
H1 – there is a statistical difference in the quality of care to elderly patients between familial care and employee care
Questions:
1) What statistical test(s) would be best used to determine this?
2) What type of data would need to be collected?
3) What data collection method would be best?