Data analysis & statistics for nursing research
By: Denise F. Polit.
Publisher: Appleton & Lange
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Stamford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
Subjects: Nursing -- Research.; Nursing -- Research -- Statistical methods.; Nursing Research; Data Interpretation, Statistical -- nurses' instruction; Statistics -- nurses' instruction
Other titles: Data analysis and statistics for nursing research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-444) and indexes.
Appendices (p. 461-488): A. Answers for selected exercises -- B. Theoretical probability distribution tables -- C. Tables for power analyses.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to data analysis; title: Univariate statistics, tabulating and displaying data; title: Univariate statistics, central tendency and variability; title: Bivariate description; title: Statistical inference; title: Testing the difference between two means, the two-sample t-test; title: Analysis of variance; title: Chi-square and other nonparametric tests; title: Correlation and simple regression; title: Multiple regression; title: Analysis of covariance, multivariate ANOVA, and canonical analysis; title: Factor analysis; title: Discriminant analysis and logistic regression; title: Causal modeling, path analysis and linear structural relations analysis.