Statistics and Data Analysis for Nursing Research
ISBN: 9780135085073 | 0135085071
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 8/5/2009
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The second edition of Statistics and Data Analysis for Nursing, uses a conversational style to teach students how to use statistical methods and procedures to analyze research findings. Students are guided through the complete analysis process from performing a statistical analysis to the rationale behind doing so. In addition, management of data, including how and why to recode variables for analysis, how to "clean" data, and how to work around missing data, is discussed.
| Introduction to Data Analysis in an Evidence-Based Practice Environment | p. 1 |
| Frequency Distributions: Tabulating and Displaying Data | p. 19 |
| Central Tendency, Variability, and Relative Standing | p. 39 |
| Bivariate Description: Crosstabulation, Risk Indexes, and Correlation | p. 59 |
| Statistical Inference | p. 83 |
| t Tests: Testing Two Mean Differences | p. 114 |
| Analysis of Variance | p. 137 | ... MORE
| Chi-Square and Nonparametric Tests | p. 169 |
| Correlation and Simple Regression | p. 197 |
| Multiple Regression | p. 223 |
| Analysis of Covariance, Multivariate ANOVA, and Related Multivariate Analyses | p. 263 |
| Logistic Regression | p. 306 |
| Factor Analysis and Internal Consistency Reliability Analysis | p. 333 |
| Missing Values | p. 365 |
| References | p. 392 |
| Glossary | p. 397 |
| Appendices | |
| Theoretical Sampling Distribution Tables | p. 410 |
| Tables for Power Analyses | p. 421 |
| Answers to Exercises, Part A | p. 426 |
| Index | p. 430 |
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Susan Norwood is a professor of nursing at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, where she teaches critical care nursing, professional nursing, ethics, and understanding suffering. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, her master’s degree from Boston College, and her PhD from Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has been a practicing critical care nurse for over 30 years and a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses for nearly as long. She has published and presented in the areas of critical care nursing, nursing ethics, nursing history, suffering experienced by patients as well as health care providers, and conflict among members of the health care team.
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