ABSTRACT
Reviewers who take up questions capable of empiric resolution frequently locate quantitative reports. Quantitative evaluation generates any number of conundrums. Distinguishing between methods and statistics is a tad peculiar given that, in quantitative studies, research methods and statistical tests are closely intertwined. Further, in education, the idea that students can and should be able to assess quantitative studies in a meaningful way only makes sense if students are facilitated to engage with the statistical tests reports employ. Nurse reviewers must then engage with the robustness of quantitative study designs and/or statistical usage. Quantitative investigation generates knowledge that productively informs patient care and further research. However, some and possibly most nurse reviewers find it difficult to substantively interpret the tests used in generating results. Under- and postgraduate nursing students, educators and early career researchers are often ill prepared to engage in or with serious mathematical modelling and statistical analysis.
