Polit, Denise F.

Statistics and data analysis for nursing research / Denise F. Polit. - 2nd ed. - Boston : Pearson, c2010. - xii, 440 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Data analysis & statistics for nursing research / Denise F. Polit. c1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to data analysis in an evidence-based practice environment -- Frequency distributions : tabulating and displaying data -- Central tendency, variability, and relative standing -- Bivariate description : crosstabulation, risk indexes, and correlation -- Statistical inference -- T tests : testing two mean differences -- Analysis of variance -- Chi-square and other nonparametric tests -- Correlation and simple regression -- Multiple regression -- Analysis of covariance, multivariate ANOVA, and related multivariate analyses -- Logistic regression -- Factor analysis and internal consistency reliability analysis -- Missing values.

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Nursing--Research.
Nursing--Research--Statistical methods.
Nursing Research--methods.
Statistics as Topic.

RT81.5 / .P62 2010

610.727

2009 K-664 W 20.5 / P769s 2010