A Researcher Performs a Study of How Many Nurses Are

A researcher performs a study of how many nurses are assigned to a nursing floor on the basis of total square feet of the unit, correlating this with injury, fatigue, patient assignment, patient acuity, and length of employment. Which of the following are true regarding the type of quantitative data analysis used by the researcher?

A) The type of quantitative data analysis guides the study objectives and hypotheses.
B) The type of quantitative data analysis is determined by the type of data obtained-whether the data are ratio-level or nominal, for instance.
C) The type of quantitative data analysis determines the research design.
D) The type of quantitative data analysis should include some sort of numerical analysis.
E) The kind of data that will be collected is determined by the type of analysis chosen.