Statistical analysis is an important tool in the conduct of clinical, basic, and outcomes research in nursing and allied health. Nurses and allied health providers with a focus on practice are best qualified to identify and develop research that affects the delivery of care and patient outcomes. Current concerns about the cost, quality, and equitable delivery (i.e., among all racial and ethnic groups) of health care can be addressed by evidenced-based practices with measurable outcomes of care. Evidence-based practice is a process by which systematic inquiry is used to explain or answer questions of interest. Research provides a process for careful, organized, and thoughtful analysis and consideration of myriad evolving problems. Health care issues require an ongoing review and analysis of the congruency of financial issues, personnel issues, methods of care, and outcomes. A systematic research approach includes a step-by-step process of identifying a problem or question, selecting the relevant variables, and then using the most appropriate statistical method. This process can overwhelm beginners, but approaching a research project in an organized way with the knowledge of the basic statistics provided in this text can lead to a new and exciting understanding of how powerful statistics can be. The choice of a particular statistical method depends on the type of question asked (e.g., Are two or more things being compared?), the variables selected (e.g., What are the important components of the problem?), the level of measurement of the variables (e.g., What types of instruments will be used?), and the level of certainty that is required. This text takes the reader through this process. Readers will learn the language of statistics, how to organize the data, and how to describe the data with simple statistics. This text provides a good beginning to understand what data can reveal about research.
Book Name
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Statistics
for Nursing and Allied Health Sciences
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Author
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Stacey
B. Plichta, Laurel S. Garzon
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Language
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English
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Format
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PDF
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Size
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4
MB
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Pages
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434
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