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Basic statistics for nurses

By:

Knapp, Rebecca Grant

Publication details: New York Delmar Publishers 2000Edition: 2ndDescription: 418; ill.,bibls.; BookFindISBN:

0827342713

Subject(s):

Contents:

Orientation to statistics. Descriptive statistics: tabular and graphical presentations. Descriptive statistics: numerical summaries. Populations, samples and the normal distribution. Estimating population parameters. Statistical inference: an overview. Selection of an appropriate statistical test. Making inferences about means: the t-test. Analysis of variance. Correlation and regression. The chi-squared tests of proportions. Nonparametric methods. Methods of sample selection. Computers: a brief discussion. Appendix.

Summary: PaperbackSummary: Designed for undergraduate and graduate nursing students, this text presents the basic principles of statistics as applied in medical practice. Covers all essential topics, with worked examples and exercises drawn from nursing and research. Each chapter contains an overview, objectives, examples, exercises and summary of critical concepts. Revised and expanded to include new information on level of measurement and its role in selecting a statistical analysis, calculating standardized scores and their associated probabilities using the normal curve and statistical decisions and their outcomes. Also features new chapters on estimating population parameters and on a decision tree approach for selecting a statistical analysis. This book should be of interest to nurses.

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Book	Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves	WA 950 KNA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		HOM2277

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Designed for undergraduate and graduate nursing students, this text presents the basic principles of statistics as applied in medical practice. Covers all essential topics, with worked examples and exercises drawn from nursing and research. Each chapter contains an overview, objectives, examples, exercises and summary of critical concepts. Revised and expanded to include new information on level of measurement and its role in selecting a statistical analysis, calculating standardized scores and their associated probabilities using the normal curve and statistical decisions and their outcomes. Also features new chapters on estimating population parameters and on a decision tree approach for selecting a statistical analysis. This book should be of interest to nurses.

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