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Focusing on the statistical methods most frequently used in the health care literature and featuring numerous charts, graphs, and up-to-date examples from the literature, this text provides a thorough foundation for the statistics portion of nursing and all health care research courses. All Fifth Edition chapters include new examples and new computer printouts using the latest software, SPSS for Windows, Version 12. New material on regression diagnostics has been added. Includes a complete set of powerpoint slides on the Connection website

SECTION ONE Understanding the Data

1

(106)

Organizing and Displaying Data

3

(30)

Mary E. Duffy

Barbara S. Jacobsen

Univariate Descriptive Statistics

33

(40)

Mary E. Duffy

Barbara S. Jacobsen

Key Principles of Statistical Inference

73

(34)

Mary E. Duffy

Barbara Hazard Munro

Barbara S. Jacobsen

SECTION TWO Specific Statistical Techniques

107

(328)

Selected Nonparametric Techniques

109

(28)

Barbara Hazard Munro

t Tests: Measuring the Differences Between Group Means

137

(14)

Barbara Hazard Munro

Differences Among Group Means: One-Way Analysis of Variance

151

(22)

Barbara Hazard Munro

Differences Among Group Means: Multifactorial Analysis of Variance

173

(26)

Barbara Hazard Munro

Analysis of Covariance

199

(14)

Barbara Hazard Munro

Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance

213

(26)

Barbara Hazard Munro

Correlation

239

(20)

Barbara Hazard Munro

Regression

259

(28)

Barbara Hazard Munro

Regression Diagnostics and Canonical Correlation

287

(14)

Barbara Hazard Munro

Logistic Regression

301

(20)

Barbara Hazard Munro

Exploratory Factor Analysis

321

(30)

Jane Karpe Dixon

Confirmatory Factor Analysis

351

(26)

Karen J. Aroian

Anne E. Norris

Path Analysis

377

(28)

Anne E. Norris

Structural Equation Modeling

405

(30)

Anne E. Norris

Glossary

435

(32)

APPENDICES

Appendix A Percent of Total Area of Normal Curve Between a z-Score and the Mean

447

(2)

Appendix B Distribution of x2 Probability

449

(2)

Appendix C Distribution of t

451

(2)

Appendix D The 5% and 1% Points for the Distribution of F

453

(4)

Appendix E Critical Values of the Correlation Coefficient

457

(2)

Appendix F Transformation of r to zr

459

(2)

Appendix G Survey for Exercises

461

(6)

Bibliography

467

(10)

Index

477

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Statistical Methods for Health Care Research

Statistical Methods for Health Care Research

0781748402

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