Statistics for Healthcare Professionals

Dr. D. M. Mazhindu is Head of Research Development & Pedagogy at the School of Nursing & Primary Care Practice, Faculty of Health & Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University. This strategic role includes: leading the research teaching team in the school, generating & undertaking research & enterprise activity & supporting research capacity & capability through staff development activities, conferences, seminars, international partnership working, supervising PhD students & research assistants.Research interests include: Researching Vulnerable Groups, Older People and Aging, Dementia Care, End of Life Care, Emotions at Work, Occupations & Organizations, The Development of Expert Performance, Professional Judgment and Clinical Competence, Qualitative, Critical, Participatory research methods, Statistics & Evidence Based Practice.Professional interests include: Intensive Care, Acute Medical & Surgical Care, Care of Older People, Work Force & Practice Development, and Improving Service Delivery through Continuing Professional Education (CPE).

′Very focused and specific on stats. The style is more accessible than the others and the format is of much more value in the teaching situation, with the boxes and the exercises offering an excellent set of tools for the students and the academic tutor.′

• Statistics for Health Care ResearchThe Statistical Approach: When Should It Be Applied?Measuring, Sampling and ErrorQuestionnairesThe StudiesDescriptive StatisticsDisplaying DataLies, Damned Lies and StatisticsAn Introduction to Hypothesis TestingDistributions and ProbabilitiesMaking PredictionsTesting for Differences Between MeansErrors and ANOVAsNot NormalNon-parametric TestsTests for Association: Chi-SquareTests for Association: Correlation and RegressionHow Big a Sample: Power AnalysisAnalysing Data from Systematic ReviewsChoosing Test Statistics