Relationship of Tympanic and Temporal Temperature Modalities to Core Temperature in Pediatric Surgical Patients

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What was the purpose of the study? What is the first primary research question? What is the primary variable being studied for the first research question?

What is the outcome variable for the first research question (variable being measured)? What is the level of measurement of the outcome variable for the first research question? What is the sample size?

Descriptive statistics in this article report, "Of the 106 study participants, 48 (45.3%) were female and 58 (54.7%) were male. The ages of the participants ranged from 3 to 17 years, with the mean age being 7.67 years (SD = 3.95 years)" (p. 21). What is the purpose of reporting the standard deviation (SD)? What does the SD communicate about the mean age of the participants?