TY - BOOK AU - TI - Data analysis with open source tools SN - 9780596802356 AV - RT81.5 .P62 1996 U1 - 610.73076 20 PY - 1996/// CY - Stamford, Conn. PB - Appleton & Lange KW - Nursing KW - Research KW - Statistical methods KW - Nursing Research KW - Data Interpretation, Statistical KW - nurses' instruction KW - Statistics N1 - Appendices (p. 461-488): A. Answers for selected exercises -- B. Theoretical probability distribution tables -- C. Tables for power analyses; Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-444) and indexes; Introduction to data analysis -- Univariate statistics, tabulating and displaying data -- Univariate statistics, central tendency and variability -- Bivariate description -- Statistical inference -- Testing the difference between two means, the two-sample t-test -- Analysis of variance -- Chi-square and other nonparametric tests -- Correlation and simple regression -- Multiple regression -- Analysis of covariance, multivariate ANOVA, and canonical analysis -- Factor analysis -- Discriminant analysis and logistic regression -- Causal modeling, path analysis and linear structural relations analysis ER -