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    • Missing data is a significant threat to the validity of nursing education research.
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    Purpose of the Study:

    • To highlight the threat of missing data in nursing education research.
    • To advocate for the adoption of sound methodological practices for handling missing data.

    Main Methods:

    • Discusses the importance of addressing missing data.
    • Highlights easily implementable tools such as counts, relative frequencies, and simple bivariate analyses.

    Main Results:

    • Simple statistical tools can effectively formulate valid responses to missing data.
    • These methods aid in improving the rigor of nursing research.

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    • Implementing basic analytical tools can enhance the validity of nursing education research findings.