Practical Statistics for Nursing and Health Care (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
232
Utgivningsdatum
2002-01-01
Upplaga
1
Förlag
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Medarbetare
Jarvis, Phil
Illustrationer
bibliography
Dimensioner
242 x 169 x 13 mm
Vikt
390 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
67:B&W 6.69 x 9.61 in or 244 x 170 mm (Pinched Crown) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780471497165

Practical Statistics for Nursing and Health Care

A Modern Introduction

av Jim Fowler, Philip Jarvis, Mel Chevannes
Häftad,  Engelska, 2002-01-01
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Nursing is a growing area of higher education, in which an introduction to statistics is an essential component. There is currently a gap in the market for a a user--friendlya book which is contextulised and targeted for nursing. 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. It also provides sufficient advice in areas such as clinical trials and epidemiology to enable the reader to critically appraise work published in journals such as the Lancet and British Medical Journal. aeo Covers all basic statistical concepts and tests aeo Is user--friendly -- avoids excessive jargon aeo Includes relevant examples for nurses, including case studies and data sets aeo Provides information on further reading aeo Starts from first principles and progresses step by step aeo Includes a advice ona sections for all of the tests described
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Jim Fowler, Philip Jarvis, Mel Chevannes

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"The language is friendly and puts the reader at ease ...This book provides comprehensive coverage of an area that is important to all health care professionals. (Nursing Times, 28 March 2002) "!a plain English guide!to facilitate both learning and reference!" (Nurse Education Today, No.23, 2003) "...helpful in enabling nurses to appraise empirical research and utilise research in their practice..." (Primary Health Care, October 2003) "...provides clear explanations of the statistical concepts and illustrates these using relevant nursing scenarios..." (Practice Nurse, Friday 16 January, 2004) "...provides a basic foundation of statistics...good resource for nurses...very user friendly..." (Oncology Nursing Forum, Vol 31(2), 2004)

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

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

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