TY - BOOK AU - Kim, MyoungJin AU - Mallory, Caroline TI - Statistics for evidence-based practice in nursing SN - 9781449686697 AV - RT 68 .K56 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Burlington, MA PB - Jone and Bartlett Learning KW - NURSING -- STATISTICAL METHODS N1 - Includes index; Evidence-based practice in nursing, or why do I need to take statistics? -- Statistical essentials -- Statistical essentials II : measurement -- Working with IBM SPSS : statistical packages for the social sciences -- Organizing and displaying data -- Descriptive statistics -- Hypothesis testing -- Getting ready for the analysis -- Examining relationships between and among variables -- Modeling relationships -- Comparing group means : difference tests -- Nonparametric tests -- Categorical data analysis -- Meta-analysis -- Common statistical mistakes N2 - Is an accessible comprehensive learning tool for nurses. Peer reviewed courses tested, this text presents statistics in a readable, user-friendly format to meet the learning needs of students. The text includes key terms, critical thinking questions, and case studies incorporating research and evidence-based practice to help nurses connect statistics with everyday work in healthcare field ER -