Author: Elizabeth Heavey

Statistics for Nursing: A Practical Approach teaches the selection, application and evaluation of statistical analysis techniques and how to evaluate and apply the results. Its practical approach helps professional nurses critique and understand the strengths and weakness of statistical design and analysis in developing evidence-based practices in a clinical setting.

Table of Contents

Introduction  

Foreword  

Acknowledgments  

1  Introduction to Statistics and Levels of Measurement

2  Presenting the Data

3  Descriptive statistics, probability and Measures of Central Tendency

4  Evaluating your Measurement Tool

5  Sampling Methods

6  Generating the Research Idea

7  Sample Size, Effect Size, and Power

8  Chi Square

9  Student t-Test

10  Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

11  Correlation Coefficients

12  Relative Risk, Odds Ratio, and Attributable Risk Epidemiology 

Appendix A  Practice Article: Using What You Know

Appendix B  Practice Article: Using What You Know

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