Practical Statistics for Nursing and Health Care
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2002
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-49716-5 (ISBN)
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
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Practical Statistics for Nursing and Health Care introduces statistical techniques in such a way that readers will easily grasp the fundamentals to enable them to gain the confidence and understanding to perform their own analysis.
Nursing is a growing area of higher education, in which anintroduction to statistics is an essential component. There iscurrently a gap in the market for a 'user-friendly' book which iscontextulised and targeted for nursing. Practical Statistics forNursing and Health Care introduces statistical techniques in such away that readers will easily grasp the fundamentals to enable themto gain the confidence and understanding to perform their ownanalysis. It also provides sufficient advice in areas such asclinical trials and epidemiology to enable the reader to criticallyappraise work published in journals such as the Lancet and BritishMedical Journal.
* Covers all basic statistical concepts and tests
* Is user-friendly - avoids excessive jargon
* Includes relevant examples for nurses, including case studies anddata sets
* Provides information on further reading
* Starts from first principles and progresses step by step
* Includes 'advice on' sections for all of the tests described
Nursing is a growing area of higher education, in which anintroduction to statistics is an essential component. There iscurrently a gap in the market for a 'user-friendly' book which iscontextulised and targeted for nursing. Practical Statistics forNursing and Health Care introduces statistical techniques in such away that readers will easily grasp the fundamentals to enable themto gain the confidence and understanding to perform their ownanalysis. It also provides sufficient advice in areas such asclinical trials and epidemiology to enable the reader to criticallyappraise work published in journals such as the Lancet and BritishMedical Journal.
* Covers all basic statistical concepts and tests
* Is user-friendly - avoids excessive jargon
* Includes relevant examples for nurses, including case studies anddata sets
* Provides information on further reading
* Starts from first principles and progresses step by step
* Includes 'advice on' sections for all of the tests described
Jim Fowler is a lecturer with the Department of Biological Sciences at De Montfort University in Scraptoft, Leicester, UK. Phil Jarvis is a consultant statistician for Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals in the UK.
Introduction
Health Care Investigations: Measurement and Sampling Concepts
Processing Data
Presenting Data
Clinical Trials
Introduction to Epidemiology
Measuring the Average
Measuring Variability
Probability and the Normal Curve
How Good are our Estimates?
The Basis of Statistical Testing
Analysing Frequencies
Measuring Correlations
Regression Analysis
Comparing Averages
Analysis of Variance -
ANOVA
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.1.2002 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 171 x 247 mm |
| Gewicht | 369 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-471-49716-9 / 0471497169 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-471-49716-5 / 9780471497165 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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