TY - BOOK AU - Polit,Denise F. AU - Polit,Denise F. TI - Statistics and data analysis for nursing research SN - 9780135085073 AV - RT81.5 .P62 2010 U1 - 610.727 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson KW - Nursing KW - Research KW - Statistical methods KW - Nursing Research KW - methods KW - Statistics as Topic N1 - 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 ER -