A practical guide on fundamental statistics including a selection
of techniques commonly described in nursing literature. This guide
has been designed to provide the average nurse with a foundation or
background to enable them to effectively follow statistical
textbooks and to apply basic descriptive and inferential
statistical techniques to problems in their field. Learning
objectives are included in each chapter, new terms and symbols are
highlighted, and techniques are presented on a conceptual basis and
illustrated by a presentation of computational methods with
examples relevant to nursing. Learning activities provide an
opportunity to apply concepts discussed; answers to these exercises
are included. The guide contains supplementary reading material.
Contents include the following: A review of fundamentals of
arithmetic and algebra; introductory concepts; grouping of data;
visual presentation of data; measures of central tendencies;
measures of variation or dispersion; the normal distribution curve
and standard scores; correlation; elementary probability; sampling
and estimations; hypothesis testing; reliability and validity; Uses
and misuses of statistics.
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