1st Edition

Introduction to Statistics for Nurses

By John Maltby, Liz Day, Glenn Williams Copyright 2007
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    286 Pages
    by Routledge

    Take the fear out of statistics with this straightforward, practical and applied book on the ‘how and why’ of using statistics.

    Introduction to Statistics for Nurses is an essential introductory text for all nursing students coming to statistics for the first time. The nursing profession involves the use of statistics every day, for example in the cases of mortality rates, average life expectancies, percentage recovery rates, average remission times, and the findings of which drugs work best with which illnesses. In fact, all of the policies that surround this job, the treatment strategies, and all the facts described above are derived from the use of statistics.

    This book will help students to understand the use of statistics in nursing literature, and shows how to use statistics effectively in answering research questions. Case studies throughout show how statistics are applied in nursing research and frequent exercises help to test the reader's knowledge as they progress. 

    Contents

    Chapter 1   An introduction to statistics
    Chapter 2   Variables
    Chapter 3   Descriptive statistics: the FlorenceNightingale way
    Chapter 4   Effective data cleaning and management
    Chapter 5   Critical appraisal of analysis and reporting of descriptive statistics
    Chapter 6   An introduction to inferential statistics

    Chapter 7   Correlational statistics
    Chapter 8   Comparing average scores: statistics for all sorts of groups and occasions
    Chapter 9   Critical appraisal of analysis and reporting of inferential statistics
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    hapter 10    Advanced thinking with probability and significance. Where to next?

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    Biography

    Glenn Williams, John Maltby, Liz Day