Heavey, Elizabeth creator text xx 2019 Third edition monographic und

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xii, 301 pages illustrations 23 cm This text is designed in accordance with the Conversation Theory of Gordon Pask and presents the complicated topic of statistics in an understandable manner for entry level nurses. The underlying principle of this design is to give students the opportunity to practice statistics while they learn statistics. The text accomplishes this through the inclusion of relevant clinical examples followed by end of chapter application exercises Introduction to statistics and levels of measurement -- Presenting data -- Descriptive statistics, probability, and measures of central tendency -- Measuring data -- Sampling methods -- Generating the research idea -- Sample size, effect size, and power -- Chi-square -- Student t-test -- Analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Correlation coefficients -- Regression analysis -- Relative risk, odds ratio, and attributable risk NURSING Heavey, Elizabeth. Includes bibliographical references and index. Nursing Statistical methods Nursing research Statistics as topic RT 68 H352 2019 9781284142013 230719