Synopses & Reviews
A knowledge of statistics is becoming increasingly necessary for nurses and other health care professionals if they are to read research reports, critically appraise the empirical literature and utilise research in their practice.
Practical Statistics for Nursing and Health Care gently introduces the essential statistical techniques in an accessible manner to enable the reader to grasp the fundamentals and gain the confidence and understanding to perform their own analysis. Starting from first principles, the text then progresses step by step, with 'advice' sections for all the tests described. Including comprehensive coverage of all basic statistical concepts, information is also provided on relevant examples for nurses, including case studies, data sets and guidance for further reading.
Advice is also given in areas such as clinical trials and epidemiology equipping the reader to critically appraise work published in key medical journals.
Practical Statistics for Nursing and Healthcare:
- Provides a user-friendly guide to statistical techniques and applications relevant to nurses and health care-workers.
- Includes a variety of the most appropriate methods for gathering, presenting and analysing data.
- Features essential tables of data, illustrations and numerous fully-worked examples.
An essential introduction to statistics for pre-registration nursing students on diploma and degree courses and a revision aid for practising nurses and healthcare professionals.
Synopsis
Nursing is a growing area of higher education, in which an introduction to statistics is an essential component. There is currently a gap in the market for a 'user-friendly' book which is contextulised and targeted for nursing. Practical Statistics for Nursing and Health Care introduces statistical techniques in such a way that readers will easily grasp the fundamentals to enable them to gain the confidence and understanding to perform their own analysis. It also provides sufficient advice in areas such as clinical trials and epidemiology to enable the reader to critically appraise work published in journals such as the Lancet and British Medical Journal.
* Covers all basic statistical concepts and tests
* Is user-friendly - avoids excessive jargon
* Includes relevant examples for nurses, including case studies and data sets
* Provides information on further reading
* Starts from first principles and progresses step by step
* Includes 'advice on' sections for all of the tests described
Synopsis
Nursing is a growing area of higher education, in which an introduction to statistics is an essential component. There is currently a gap in the market for a 'user-friendly' book which is contextulised and targeted for nursing. Practical Statistics for Nursing and Health Care introduces statistical techniques in such a way that readers will easily grasp the fundamentals to enable them to gain the confidence and understanding to perform their own analysis. It also provides sufficient advice in areas such as clinical trials and epidemiology to enable the reader to critically appraise work published in journals such as the Lancet and British Medical Journal.
- Covers all basic statistical concepts and tests
- Is user-friendly - avoids excessive jargon
- Includes relevant examples for nurses, including case studies and data sets
- Provides information on further reading
- Starts from first principles and progresses step by step
- Includes 'advice on' sections for all of the tests described
Synopsis
"The language is friendly and puts the reader at ease ....This book provides comprehensive coverage of an area that is important to all health care professionals. (Nursing Times, 28 March 2002)
"…a plain English guide…to facilitate both learning and reference…" (Nurse Education Today, No.23, 2003)
"...helpful in enabling nurses to appraise empirical research and utilise research in their practice..." (Primary Health Care, October 2003)
"...provides clear explanations of the statistical concepts and illustrates these using relevant nursing scenarios..." (Practice Nurse, Friday 16 January, 2004)
"...provides a basic foundation of statistics...good resource for nurses...very user friendly..." (Oncology Nursing Forum, Vol 31(2), 2004)
Table of Contents
Introduction
Health Care Investigations: Measurement and Sampling Concepts
Processing Data
Presenting Data
Clinical Trials
Introduction to Epidemiology
Measuring the Average
Measuring Variability
Probability and the Normal Curve
How Good are our Estimates?
The Basis of Statistical Testing
Analysing Frequencies
Measuring Correlations
Regression Analysis
Comparing Averages
Analysis of Variance -
ANOVA
Appendices
Bibliography
Index